PETER L. BERNSTEIN is President of Peter L. Bernstein, Inc., economic consultants to institutional investors. Mr. Bernstein is the author of six books in economics and finance, including the bestselling Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street, as well as many articles in the professional and popular press. He is the Editor of The Portable MBA in Investment (Wiley) and was the Founding Editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management.
A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller
"Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism." -The New York Times
"An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book." -The Wall Street Journal
"A lively panoramic book . . . Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it." -Business Week
"Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read." -The Economist
"[A] challenging book, one that may change forever the way people think about the world." -Worth
"No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement." -Robert Heilbroner author, The Worldly Philosophers
"With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk, Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods. Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever. I speak carefully: no one should miss it." -John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University
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.
"An extremely readable history of risk." -Barron's
"Fascinating . . . this challenging volume will help you understand the uncertainties that every investor must face." -Money
"A singular achievement." -Times Literary Supplement
"There's a growing market for savants who can render the recondite intelligibly-witness Stephen Jay Gould (natural history), Oliver Sacks (disease), Richard Dawkins (heredity), James Gleick (physics), Paul Krugman (economics)-and Bernstein would mingle well in their company." -The Australian
人类的发展就是人类对自然和自身社会组织的探索。在探索中遇到各种不确定,成功和失败是我们的代价。当我们一次次突破,一次次创新,认为我们正在创造一个新奇迹,历史由我们探索而改变时,突如其来的预期变化,让我们目瞪口呆,让我们回到从前。 我们从发明简单计数符号...
评分 评分 评分首先,这是一本讲概率史的书,也有部分统计史的内容。内容不错,将概率、统计的发展与在金融、投资学上的应用联系了起来,揭示了其一脉相承的关系。 学概率统计时如果配合一读,会增加一些思想的感官认识。 其次,翻译比较差。许多专有名词和术语都错了,译者的前言也没有什么...
评分I recommend reading this book for several reasons: 1. It's easy to read. I would say too easy, like the author was talking to some pupils. But the insight behind is unparallelly profound. 2. The book was written beautifully and elegantly. 3. The book dep...
It is wordy,but,this book illustrated some common reasons about dealing with risks.
评分trader必读。
评分trader必读。
评分trader必读。
评分It is wordy,but,this book illustrated some common reasons about dealing with risks.
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