survivorship bias in finance

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Fooled by Randomness Book Review: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Brutal Lesson on Luck, Skill, and Surviving Markets

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains how success in markets and business is often misread as skill when luck and randomness can produce the same results. Taleb warns against the narrative fallacy and survivorship bias, showing how people build confident stories around outcomes without understanding probability. His central lesson is to judge decisions by process, not results, and to design strategies that survive uncertainty. It’s essential reading for MBA candidates who want real risk awareness.

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