Skin in the Game. Book Summary

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What’s inside

This book explores the idea that ‘skin in the game’ is necessary for fairness, commercial efficiency, and risk management, and key to making sense of the world at large.

You’ll Learn

  • Understand the importance of taking risks
  • Gain insights into managing risks
  • Learn about the impact of risk on decision making
  • Discover the role of risk in society

Key Points

  • The Importance of Skin in the Game
  • Asymmetric Risk and Its Consequences
  • Ethics of Risk
  • Role of Minorities in Decision Making
  • Effect of Skin in the Game on Society

Who’s it For

  • Risk managers
  • Economists
  • Business executives
  • Policy makers
  • General readers interested in decision making under uncertainty

About the author

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a former trader, risk analyst and essayist who focuses on problems of randomness, probability and uncertainty.