Review: Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

More Taleb wry and enlightening observations with belittling, crude attacks. (What is this about slamming someone as "low-testosterone"?) He-man risk assessor Taleb really takes aim at the worst aspects of the unfair American capitalism in this book, using as an example Hank Paulson who as an Goldman Sachs banker made millions and as United States Secretary of the Treasury during the U.S. government economic bailout of 2008 transferred taxpayer wealth to the institutions that caused the problems...

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