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Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in situations of constraint, risk, and scarcity. Yet not all of our choices are purely logical, and so there is a longstanding tension between those emphasizing the rational and irrational sides of human behavior. One strand develops formal models of rational...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Develop the skills to manage risk in the high-stakes world of financial speculation. The Risk of Trading is a practical resource that takes an in-depth look at one of the most challenging factors of trading--risk management. The book puts a magnifying glass on the issue of risk, something that every trader needs to understand in order to be successful.Most traders look at risk in terms of a "stop-loss" that enables them to exit a losing trade quickly....
74) Risk management
Series
Managerial Finance volume 32, no. 9
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English