A world of chance: betting on religion, games, wall street

CONTENTS: preface: Acknowledgments. 1. From religion to risk management: whatto do when facing uncertainty?. 2. Anything wrong with gambling os a pastime?. 3. Are you rich? risk-taking and gambling or thE leapfrogging instinct. 4. Betting on futures and crating prices. 5. Gambling as banking: poker, junk bonds, and central banks. 6. lottery is a taxation, and heav´n be prais´d, it is easily rais´d. 7. Politics and prohibitions; or, what´s a good tax anyway?. 8. How gamblers and risk-takers correct the future. Appendix 1. Gambling and risk-taking: the leapfrogging instinct. Appendix 2: human nature and the civilizing process. Notes. Bibliography. Name index. Subject index.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-71157-9
• Editorial: Cambridge University Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 339
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés