Sunday, March 7, 2010

Getting serious about risk - finally

Special report by The Economist on financial risk
The gods strike back
Financial risk got ahead of the world’s ability to manage it.
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Comment: Modern financial theory is a system of belief dressed in math. This theory has little substance; it is mainly an exercise in formalism. Business schools and economics departments have produced an avalanche of graduates who may be "smart" in a narrow sense but who lack the power of reason and sound judgement.

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