Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about accounting. This plain-English, comprehensive guide helps you speak your accountant's language with ease, minimizing confusion as you maximize profits.
Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street unfurls a gripping chronicle of the 2008 financial collapse, drawing on 180 interviews with top government officials and Wall Street CEOs. Lowenstein looks to the roots of the crisis to reveal how America succumbed to the siren song of easy debt and speculative mortgages. Combining deep analysis with sizzling narrative, The End of Wall Street charts theā¦
Describes the geography, landscape, economy, government, and culture of South Korea today and discusses South Korea's influence of and relations with the rest of the world.