“…In The Flaw of Averages, Sam Savage, known for his creative exposition of difficult subjects, describes common avoidable mistakes in assessing risk in the face of uncertainty. …”
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“…Nobel lecture: inflation and unemployment / Milton Friedman -- The utility analysis of choices involving risk / Milton Friedman and L.J. Savage -- The expected-utility hypothesis and the measurability of utility / Milton Friedman and L.J. …”
“…He risks fraud to save his terminally ill infant grandson, matches wits with a renegade insurance investigator, is drawn into an act of savage violence, and falls deeply, excitingly in love with a young cellist a third his age. …”