Risk Savvy How to Make Good Decisions

358 Pages·2014·9.02 MB·English

by  Gerd Gigerenzer

Also by Gerd Gigerenzer
Gut Feelings

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Risk savvy : how to make good decisions / Gerd Gigerenzer.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-698-15143-7
1. Decision making. 2. Risk-taking (Psychology) 3. Statistics. I. Title.
BF448.G485 2014
153.8'3—dc23
2013036980
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For Raine and Thalia
CONTENTS
ALSO BY GERD GIGERENZER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
Part I
The Psychology of Risk
1
Are People Stupid?
2
Certainty Is an Illusion
3
Defensive Decision Making
4
Why Do We Fear What’s Unlikely to Kill Us?
Part II
Getting Risk Savvy
5
Mind Your Money
6
Leadership and Intuition
7
Fun and Games
8
Getting to the Heart of Romance
9
What Doctors Need to Know
10
Health Care: No Decision About Me Without Me
11
Banks, Cows, and Other Dangerous Things
Part III
Start Early
12
Revolutionize School
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GLOSSARY
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS