Name: Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
ISBN: 9780141982656

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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Type

Physical Book

Author

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780141982656

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

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Synopsis "Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life "

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibilityWhy should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work? The answer: too many people running the world don't have skin in the game. In his inimitable, pugnacious style, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows that skin in the game applies to all aspects of our lives. It's about having something to lose and taking a risk. Citizens, lab experimenters, artisans, political activists and hedge fund traders all have skin in the game. Policy wonks, corporate executives, theoreticians, bankers and most journalists don't.As Taleb says, "The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule that's necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster," and "Never trust anyone who doesn't have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them".

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb es un ensayista, matemático, filósofo y exoperador de bolsa nacido en Líbano en 1960. Es ampliamente conocido por sus ideas sobre la incertidumbre, el riesgo y la toma de decisiones en contextos impredecibles. Su formación académica combina finanzas, matemáticas y filosofía, y ha enseñado en universidades como NYU y Oxford.

Taleb alcanzó fama internacional con su libro "The Black Swan" (El Cisne Negro), donde introduce el concepto de eventos altamente improbables pero de gran impacto, que suelen ser racionalizados solo después de ocurridos. Esta obra forma parte de su serie filosófica-práctica titulada Incerto, que también incluye Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, Skin in the Game, entre otros.

Su pensamiento desafía muchas ideas tradicionales de probabilidad y estadística, especialmente en lo que respecta a modelos predictivos en economía y finanzas. Promueve una visión del mundo donde la exposición a la volatilidad y al desorden —cuando se gestiona bien— puede fortalecer a personas, organizaciones e incluso sociedades.

Además de su producción intelectual, Taleb es conocido por su estilo directo, polémico y crítico con el pensamiento académico convencional, los expertos que no arriesgan nada ("sin piel en el juego") y el exceso de confianza en modelos teóricos alejados de la realidad.

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