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by haakonhr 900 days ago
I really enjoyed The Fat Tail by Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat, which is about political risk and how to mitigate or manage it. Think revolutions, regulatory changes, elections etc. and how they affect markets. Another gem I found was the book Rational Choice in an Uncertain World by Robyn M. Dawes. It is a bit dated (the first version that I read is from 1988), but covers a lot of early research by people like Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. As someone born after the book was published a lot of the examples and scenarios used to illustrate rational choice were also new to me, e.g., the Cuban missile crisis, Affirmative Action. However, there is also a second edition from 2009 so it might be a better option.