Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - GoodreadsFor me, the only thing of value in the book was in two lines in the introduction: "The book's content is firmly grounded in reality. Too much work in the social sciences, whether it is the dense ...
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - GoodreadsI think this is an important book, and I also think its message might be difficult for some people to reconcile their world view with. Ormerod sets his stall out to show that economists have presumed ...
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - Goodreadsa thoughtful and calm extended essay covering much of the same ground as the black swan with a lot more humility. builds slowly from a standard criticism of mainstream economics into a fascinating ...
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - Lori Grant - GoodreadsA must-read book on product design for knowledge workers and entrepreneurs. Read full review
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - GoodreadsA slow read. However, right after finishing this I started my required school reading and similar concepts about uncertainty and risk were reiterated. Interesting ideas, but not the best articulation.
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - Koen - GoodreadsAlthough the book itself is not very long, it did give me that impression. Took me forever to finish, and thats not a good thing. The main thesis is very interesting. Read full review
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - GoodreadsLess than spectacular discussion about the non-linearity of processes and the limits of knowledge. Taleb blows through this entire book in about 6 pages without needing to include borderline ...
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - Grim-Anal King - GoodreadsA mostly well paced read through a fairly comprehensive debunking of some pretty basic economic tenets. Very few politicians seem to have taken the blindest bit of notice though. The madness continues unabated...... Read full review
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - Gordon - GoodreadsThis is a book by an academic economist about why economists have it all wrong. Although the author's brief bio says that he's had a successful career outside academia in the world of business ... Read full review
Review: Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
User Review - GoodreadsA little more boring than other books doing similar things.
