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Randomness at Work
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the MarketsFooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Helps you understand how workplace idiocracy works
Why Most Things Fail: And How to Avoid ItWhy Most Things Fail: And How to Avoid It by Paul Ormerod
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Making sense of randomness at the economic level
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
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Provides good examples of 'attribution delusions'
The Halo Effect: .and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive ManagersThe Halo Effect: .and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers by Phil Rosenzweig
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Compulsory reading if you dont want to be fooled by the delusions of others
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Eradicate the Bell Curve Myth