Buch,
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2 Updated Edition, (23.08.2005)
Zusammenfassung
If the prescriptions for getting rich that are outlined in books such as \_The
Millionaire Next Door\_ and \_Rich Dad Poor Dad\_ are successful enough to make
the books bestsellers, then one must ask, Why aren't there more millionaires?
In \_Fooled by Randomness\_, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professional trader and
mathematics professor, examines what randomness means in business and in life
and why human beings are so prone to mistake dumb luck for consummate skill.
This eccentric and highly personal exploration of the nature of randomness
meanders from the court of Croesus and trading rooms in New York and London to
Russian roulette, Monte Carlo engines, and the philosophy of Karl Popper. Part
of what makes this book so good is Taleb's ability to make seemingly arcane
mathematical concepts (at least to this reviewer) entirely relevant in
evaluating and understanding everything from the stock market to the success
of those millionaires cited in the aforementioned bestsellers. Here's an
articulate, wise, and humorous meditation on the nature of success and failure
that anyone who wants a little more of the former would do well to consider.
Highly recommended. \_--Harry C. Edwards\_
