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Against The Gods

NPR
Published October 13, 1996 at 11:00 PM CDT

Robert talks with Peter Bernstein about his book, Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk. Bernstein's book looks at the role of risk in society and the history of evolving views of risk. Bernstein says in life, risk is a given and he's interested in how people calculate risk in decision making.

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