Dance With Chance: Making Luck Work for You

by Spyros G. Makridakis, Robin M. Hogarth, Anil Gaba

Overview

A gripping tale of how even experts misread the role of chance - from the stock market to doctors' surgeries - "Dance With Chance" argues that we all fall foul of the 'The Illusion of Control', meaning that we underestimate the role of luck in our lives. The authors argue that by understanding how uncertainty operates, we can make palpable improvements to our health, wealth, happiness and careers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780740140
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	05/01/2009
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Spyros Makridakis is Distinguished Research Professor at INSEAD, Abu Dhabi Centre and a former Greek Olympian.
Robin M. Hogarth is ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain. He was formerly a professor at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business.
Anil Gaba is the ORPAR Chaired Professor of Risk Management and Dean of Faculty at INSEAD, France and Singapore, the world’s second largest business school.
Anil Gaba is the ORPAR Chaired Professor of Risk Management and Dean of Faculty at INSEAD, France and Singapore, the world's second largest business school.

Editorial Reviews

Full of unexpected pleasures…stuffed with fascinating facts.

Management Today

"An excellent book."

John Kay - Financial Times columnist and author of The Truth About Markets

"Easy-to-digest and highly competent. If everyone were to read this book, the world would become a more enlightened place."

Gerd Gigerenzer - author of Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconsious

"An extremely timely book… fresh and informative… A thorough and instructive analysis of uncertainty."

City AM