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Models.Behaving.Badly. Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life

Paperback • 2012 • English

Models.Behaving.Badly. Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life

By Emanuel Derman

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About the book

Now in paperback, “a compelling, accessible, and provocative piece of work that forces us to question many of our assumptions” (Gillian Tett, author of Fool’s Gold). Quants, physicists working on Wall Street as quantitative analysts, have been widely blamed for triggering financial crises with their complex mathematical models. Their formulas were meant to allow Wall Street to prosper without risk. But in this penetrating insider’s look at the recent economic collapse, Emanuel Derman—former hea...Show more

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9781439164990

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Free Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Models.Behaving.Badly. Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life

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Paperback

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