From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility

In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.

As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights:

• For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing. You cannot make profits and transfer the risks to others, as bankers and large corporations do. You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses. Forcing skin in the game corrects this asymmetry better than thousands of laws and regulations.

• Ethical rules aren’t universal. You’re part of a group larger than you, but it’s still smaller than humanity in general.

• Minorities, not majorities, run the world. The world is not run by consensus but by stubborn minorities imposing their tastes and ethics on others.

• You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. “Educated philistines” have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets.

• Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find). A simple barbell can build muscle better than expensive new machines.

• True religion is commitment, not just faith. How much you believe in something is manifested only by what you’re willing to risk for it.

The phrase “skin in the game” is one we have often heard but rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it’s also an astonishingly complex worldview that, as Taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives.

在一个半世纪里，摩根家族的四代人，在华尔街和伦敦金融城里缔造了神秘的金融帝国。这个金融帝国凭借不计其数的投资，在经济、社会、政治和外交等领域织成了无比繁复的人际关系网络。本书中如实记载了摩根财团斡旋于伍德罗·威尔逊、赫伯特·胡佛、富兰克林·罗斯福、温斯顿·邱吉尔、安德鲁·卡内基、亨利·福特等政要、巨贾间一些尘封的史料，在二战中摩根财团与墨索里尼、日本军国主义者、墨西哥独裁者和纳粹财政部长的秘密关系。

二战结束以后，摩根的诸公司从绅士银行的典范演变为—个充满着敌意兼并、垃圾*和杠杆收购的咄咄逼人的新世界中的先锋。

摩根财团150年的发展历程就是一部资本市场发展过程的活教材，揭示了在典型的资本主义社会发展过程中，生动而恢弘的历史画卷：这里有私人企业和国家机器之间的较量，政府调控和市场作用之间的冲突，国家孤立主义和海外扩张主义之间的斗争，商业利益和民族利益之间的碰撞，个人意志和历史规律从矛盾*终走向统一的进程。而这所有的一切，时至今日仍然左右着世界金融格局和社会形态。

《摩根财团》可以满足多方需要，金融从业者可以了解世界金融格局变化，增强专业分析和评估能力，提高金融产品收益；企业家可以学习如何把握政治局势，市场趋势，在竞争中规避风险，基业常青；政府监管部门可以研究如何加强对实业和金融界的管理而不扼杀其活力。

两年前，慕尼黑那个雨雪交加的冷夜，她在瑟瑟寒风中狼狈不堪，而他的一件外套，温暖了她渐渐僵死的心。

两年后，上海这个细雨绵绵的清晨，因那幢待售的祖屋，他们重逢，并再续自祖辈起就产生的缘分。

他那么儒雅帅气、内敛睿智，明明行事低调，却总会为了她，锋芒毕露。

她不是不知道他姓“萧”，也不是忘了外婆“凡遇见萧姓之人，一律不与之来往”的叮嘱，只是感情这东西，哪是理智能控制得了的？

不管之前的生活多么起伏跌宕，多么颠沛流离，在遇上他之后，她只希望——

时光静好，与君语；

细水流年，与君同。

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精通多种操盘手法，实控数家上市公司，拥有源源不断的神秘资本；掌握一手内幕消息，视股市如提款机，股灾中照样赚得盆满钵满；沉寂在资本市场水底，从不公开露面，他的传说却无处不在；屡次传出被查消息，次次转危为安，十余年来屹立不倒，他们手眼通天，人称“金融大鳄”！

国际金融市场动荡，为了维护金融安全，防范金融风险，上级部门展开清查整顿行动。经侦警察秦浩然奉命展开调查，一张震惊全国的金融犯罪网络随之被层层揭开，神秘私募大佬陆云深进入监管视野……

千亿条交易数据，百亿级富豪，十几家上市公司，艰难而复杂的调查背后，不仅是意志的较量、智力的比拼，更是与时间的赛跑。然而法网恢恢，大鳄兴风作浪的时代终一去不返。

翻开本书，看最后一个金融大鳄如何被打回原形。

《最后一个金融大鳄2》

陆云深基金的重仓股高福药业因新药试验失败而即将暴跌，屋漏偏逢连夜雨，基金最大持有人杨伟东偏偏在这个关键时刻选择巨额赎回。陆云深将如何应对腹背受敌，时刻清盘的危险？

上级领导交给秦浩然更重大的任务，在调查中他发现该案情与陆云深有千丝万缕的联系，一场激烈的猫鼠游戏就此展开。金融操纵手法陡然升级：高频量化、外汇衍生品、股指期货、场外期权轮番上阵。面对维护金融安全的重任，秦浩然将如何斗智斗勇？面对生死存亡，陆云深又将怎样闪躲腾挪？