True Odds : How Risk Affects Your Everyday Life

by James Walsh

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Uses sixteen key issues to illustrate how risk is measured and managed and explores how perceptions of risk are formed and manipulated.

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James Walsh is Silver Lake Publishing's editorial director. He has been writing on topics of risk and regulation for more than a decade

Common Knowledge

Original publication date
1998
First words
The origin of this book traces back to a personal experience.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The challenge remains for you, as a smart decision-maker, to put them to use.
Blurbers
Stossel, John; Graham, John; Peltzman, Sam

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Genres
Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Sociology
DDC/MDS
302.12Social sciencesSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial interactionGeneral topics of social interactionSocial understanding
LCC
HM256 .W35Social sciencesSociology (General)SociologyThese are obsolete numbers no longer used
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Languages
English
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
2