PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Foolproof

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

Greg Ip

$26.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

QTY:

English
Hodder & Stoughton
13 December 2016
We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster-yet we are continually unprepared for car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the very success we've had making life safer enables us to take more extreme, different risks. As our cities, transport systems, and financial markets become more interconnected and complex, so does the potential for disaster.

How do we stay safe? Should we? What if our attempts are exposing us even more to the very risks we are trying to avoid? What if acceptance of danger ultimately makes us more secure and prosperous? Is there such a thing as foolproof?

In this fascinating account of risk-taking and crisis, Greg Ip presents a macro theory of human nature and disaster that explains how we can keep ourselves safe in our increasingly dangerous world.

By:  
Imprint:   Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 194mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   240g
ISBN:   9781472214195
ISBN 10:   1472214196
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Greg Ip is the chief columnist on economics for the Wall Street Journal, before which he was the U.S. Economics Editor for The Economist, where he covered the economy, financial markets, and monetary, fiscal and regulatory policy. In 2002 Ip was part of a team from the Wall Street Journal Staff who shared a Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for covering the September 11 attacks. He is the author of The Little Book of Economics.

Reviews for Foolproof: A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A powerful and original book on a vital subject - read it! - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist Strikes Back Compelling - Financial Times Drawing on a fascinating range of stories about forest fires and flood control, football helmets and anti-lock brakes, bank runs and epidemics, Foolproof is about the unintended and often very surprising consequences of our attempts to protect ourselves from disasters. Illuminating and entertaining, this book that will change the way you think about the world of risk. - Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lords of Finance Foolproof is the rare book you'll be thinking about long after you've turned the final page - Daniel H Pink, author of DRIVE


See Also