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History of ideas, Social forecasting, future studies, Psychology, Economics, Economic forecasting, Economic history, Educational: Psychology
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- Paperback Aug 31, 2021 | 9780349143996 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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The Bridge Street Press
- Paperback Aug 31, 2021 | 9780349143996 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Mar 10, 2020 | 9781408712597 | RRP $37.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Mar 12, 2020 | 9781405543781 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 5, 2020 | 9781408712580 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Aug 31, 2021 | 9780349143996 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Mar 10, 2020 | 9781408712597 | RRP $37.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Mar 12, 2020 | 9781405543781 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 5, 2020 | 9781408712580 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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The Bridge Street Press
- Paperback Aug 31, 2021 | 9780349143996 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Mar 10, 2020 | 9781408712597 | RRP $37.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Mar 12, 2020 | 9781405543781 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 5, 2020 | 9781408712580 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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This ambitious and thought-provoking new work offers an overarching analysis of decision-making in all walks of life.
'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.
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Mervyn King
Mervyn King was Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 to 2013, and is currently Professor of Economics and Law at New York University and School Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. Lord King was made a life peer in 2013, and appointed by the Queen a Knight of the Garter in 2014.
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