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William Leiss

The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector

and Other Black Holes of Risk

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In the past two years, the world has experienced how unsound economic practices can disrupt global economic and social order. Today's volatile global financial situation highlights the importance of managing risk and the consequences of poor decision making. The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector reveals an underlying paradox of risk management: the better we become at assessing risks, the more we feel comfortable taking them. Using the current financial crisis as a case study, renowned risk expert William Leiss engages with the new concept of black hole risk - risk so great that estimating the potential downsides is impossible. His risk-cent… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-7766-0738-2
  • EAN: 9780776607382
  • Produktnummer: 23242810
  • Verlag: University of Ottawa Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 190 S.
  • Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D0.6 cm 223 g
  • Gewicht: 223
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


William Leiss has been a professor at seven Canadian universities: Simon Fraser, Calgary, Regina, York, Toronto, Queen's, and Ottawa. He is the author or co-author of eight previous books, including Mad Cows and Mother's Milk (McGill-Queen's, 2004) and In the Chamber of Risks (McGill-Queen's, 2001). For the past twenty years he has been a frequent consultant to government agencies and the private sector on risk management issues.

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