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Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

Update: 2024-09-144
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Big stakes poker player and elections analyst Nate Silver is no stranger to a calculated risk.

In his new book, On The Edge, he makes the case that people willing to take massive calculated risks are winning in the modern economy.

Tim Harford talks to Nate about the mindset that’s driving hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and silicon valley investors.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Beth Ashmead Latham
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound mix: Nigel Appleton
Editor: Richard Vadon

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Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

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