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
發表於2024-06-29
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人類的發展就是人類對自然和自身社會組織的探索。在探索中遇到各種不確定,成功和失敗是我們的代價。當我們一次次突破,一次次創新,認為我們正在創造一個新奇跡,曆史由我們探索而改變時,突如其來的預期變化,讓我們目瞪口呆,讓我們迴到從前。 我們從發明簡單計數符號...
評分書分2部分,第一部分,是對概率的迴顧,從古希臘開始講起,基本算是概率的發展史,其中講述瞭最原始的保險組織,講述瞭bernoulli傢族對probability theory的貢獻...第2部分涉及概率的應用,金融,保險之類,最後一章討論瞭一些beharior economics的東西,很有趣哦... 但是中文...
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評分金融和管理的世界存在著的一組矛盾:一派堅持認為最好的決策是由過去模式決定的限製和數據為基礎;另一派的決策則是對不確定性更大程度上的主觀信仰。 不管是哪一派,都有各自的理由。深層次的講,這涉及到人的哲學觀念,人的主觀能動性和客觀世界的存在的關係。金融世界兩派...
評分人類的發展就是人類對自然和自身社會組織的探索。在探索中遇到各種不確定,成功和失敗是我們的代價。當我們一次次突破,一次次創新,認為我們正在創造一個新奇跡,曆史由我們探索而改變時,突如其來的預期變化,讓我們目瞪口呆,讓我們迴到從前。 我們從發明簡單計數符號...
圖書標籤: 金融 經濟 risk 風險管理 金融風險 投資 風控 經管
這個作者有很多書,每一個的主題都讓我覺得很有深度,也很想一讀,可是每次都讀得百轉韆迴,痛苦無比,這文筆實在是欣賞不來
評分這個作者有很多書,每一個的主題都讓我覺得很有深度,也很想一讀,可是每次都讀得百轉韆迴,痛苦無比,這文筆實在是欣賞不來
評分這個作者有很多書,每一個的主題都讓我覺得很有深度,也很想一讀,可是每次都讀得百轉韆迴,痛苦無比,這文筆實在是欣賞不來
評分這個作者有很多書,每一個的主題都讓我覺得很有深度,也很想一讀,可是每次都讀得百轉韆迴,痛苦無比,這文筆實在是欣賞不來
評分It is wordy,but,this book illustrated some common reasons about dealing with risks.
Against the Gods 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載