Dr Strangelove's Game: A Brief History of Economic Genius"Paul Strathern uncovers the lives and ideas of the great philosophers of money against the backdrop of some of history's most turbulent events: the South Sea Bubble, the French and Russian Revolutions and the Crash of 1929. On the way he provides an enriching and entertaining account of the great, the good and the downright bad in economic theories - from double-entry book-keeping to game theory."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... cent . He then used similar ' inference ' to calculate that 7 per cent of all deaths under the heading ' Aged ' were accounted for by the over - seventies . He then calculated the deaths for each decade between , by assuming that during ...
... cent . He then used similar ' inference ' to calculate that 7 per cent of all deaths under the heading ' Aged ' were accounted for by the over - seventies . He then calculated the deaths for each decade between , by assuming that during ...
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... cent certain to happen . ' Why ? Because it has happened 90,000 times out of 100,000 . Keynes dismissed ' the so - called Law of Great Numbers ' , just as he dismissed the use of the word ' event ' . The future remains uncertain . There ...
... cent certain to happen . ' Why ? Because it has happened 90,000 times out of 100,000 . Keynes dismissed ' the so - called Law of Great Numbers ' , just as he dismissed the use of the word ' event ' . The future remains uncertain . There ...
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... cent to almost 8 per cent . Four years later this had leapt to an alarming 25 per cent and rising . Even Japan ended up with a figure of over 15 per cent , while America managed with difficulty to peg the new disease to 10 per cent ...
... cent to almost 8 per cent . Four years later this had leapt to an alarming 25 per cent and rising . Even Japan ended up with a figure of over 15 per cent , while America managed with difficulty to peg the new disease to 10 per cent ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Something Out Of Nothing Comes II | 11 |
The Richest Man in the World | 41 |
Copyright | |
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