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Pros

Mervyn king and john kay's 'the end of alchemy' is a must-read. The book is full of subtle and nuanced ideas. Some reviewers have missed the stories of kay and king make their point.

Radical uncertainty adds another angle to the way that one should approach measurement, analysis, policy and decision making.



Cons

The authors are too quick to claim that phenomena are radically uncertain when they are in fact tractable. They try to make the case that a robust narrative is a better framework. They say history should be our guide but history is just a data point t...  Read More

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Quality


Written with the clarity elegance and fine examples expected from the authors


This book is for academics who are familiar with the sources quoted liberally by authorsthe chapter on narratives was insightfu...  Read More

Competitiveness


The authors provide a road map to understand risk and the limitations of quantitative models


Decades ago robert schlaifer pioneered the quant side

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  • This product had a total of 418 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 21 2022.

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    This book is for academics who are familiar with the sources quoted liberally by authorsthe chapter on narratives was insightful to understand corporate cultures


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    I too believed that probabilistic reasoning was the forefront of decision making


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    In other words they attempt to apply probabilities risk assessments and create models and data whch do not reflect reality


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    They then base decisions and take actions based in these beliefs that are detached from reality


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    The case study to which they repeatedly go is obamas decisions to enter bin ladens compound where there was no way to establish a probability and attempts to do so would only provide unrealistic assessment of success or failure


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    Speaking of which they’re totally ontheball top of page 40 they asgoodas predict the current coronavirus crisis

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