Foolproof
a financial times book of the year
$61.86
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2016
Summary
Foolproof: Risk, Disaster, and the Illusion of Safety
We’ve learned so much about human nature and disaster, yet we remain unprepared for car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Our success in making life safer enables us to take more extreme risks. As our cities, transport systems, and financial markets become more interconnected and complex, so does the potential for disaster.
How do we stay safe? Should we? What if our attempts are exposing us more to the risks we are …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472214195 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472214196 |
| Author: | Greg Ip |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Compelling
A powerful and original book on a vital subject - read it! - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
Compelling - Financial TimesDrawing on a fascinating range of stories about forest fires and flood control, football helmets and anti-lock brakes, bank runs and epidemics, Foolproof is about the unintended and often very surprising consequences of our attempts to protect ourselves from disasters. Illuminating and entertaining, this book that will change the way you think about the world of risk. - Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lords of FinanceFoolproof is the rare book you’ll be thinking about long after you’ve turned the final page - Daniel H Pink, author of DRIVEAbout The Author
Greg Ip
Greg Ip is the chief columnist on economics for the Wall Street Journal, before which he was the U.S. Economics Editor for The Economist, where he covered the economy, financial markets, and monetary, fiscal and regulatory policy. In 2002 Ip was part of a team from the Wall Street Journal Staff who shared a Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for covering the September 11 attacks. He is the author of The Little Book of Economics.
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