John Kay Mervyn King Radical Uncertainty (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Radical UncertaintyCondition: NewEAN: 9780349143996ISBN: 9780349143996Publisher: The Bridge Street PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/02/2021Item Height: 190mmItem Length: 126mmItem Width: 36mmItem Weight: 440gAuthor: John Kay, Mervyn KingLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Decision-making for an unknowable futureISBN-10: 0349143994Description: 'A brilliant new book' Daily Telegraph 'Well written . . . and often entertaining' The Times 'A sparkling analysis' Prospect When uncertainty is all around us, and the facts are not clear, how can we make good decisions? We do not know what the future will hold, particularly in the midst of a crisis, but we must make decisions anyway. We regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have, forgetting that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly. Throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives. This incisive and eye-opening book draws on biography, history, mathematics, economics and philosophy to highlight the most successful - and most short-sighted - methods of dealing with an unknowable future. Ultimately, the authors argue, the prevalent method of our age falls short, giving us a false understanding of our power to make predictions, leading to many of the problems we experience today. Tightly argued, provocative and written with wit and flair, Radical Uncertainty is at once an exploration of the limits of numbers and a celebration of human instinct and wisdom.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Business & FinanceTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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