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What Happens When an Economist Walks Into a Brothel?
The art of risk-taking learnt from the prostitutes.
14 Apr 2019, 06:07 PM IST
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- To learn how to manage risks in your life, don’t consult office-bound economists or actuaries. Ask the real experts: prostitutes, gamblers, magicians, paparazzi, big-wave surfers, movie producers, horse breeders, and soldiers. Their careers require them to take risks. They succeed by doing so smartly—deriving as much benefit as possible per unit of risk taken. Allison Schrager, herself an economist, though...
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