{"product_id":"skin-in-the-game-by-nassim-nicholas-taleb","title":"'Skin in the Game' by Nassim Nicholas Taleb","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"584\"\u003eThose who make decisions that affect others should bear some of the risk themselves.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"584\"\u003e From ancient moral philosophy to modern finance, Taleb examines the asymmetries that emerge when people—bureaucrats, experts, corporate managers, political leaders—exercise power without exposure to the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"984\"\u003eMoving between anecdote, classical references, and sharp polemic, Taleb explores how accountability once functioned as a structural feature of societies. Builders lived beneath the bridges they designed; merchants risked their own capital; generals faced the battlefield. Modern systems, he argues, increasingly sever responsibility from outcome, allowing decisions to be made safely at a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1173\"\u003ePart philosophy, part cultural criticism, and part provocation, the book continues Taleb’s broader project of examining risk, uncertainty, and the fragile structures of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44183606231123,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/ScholarsCreatingDigitalMapsofSpinoza_sEthics-2026-03-12T140922.244.png?v=1773284976","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/skin-in-the-game-by-nassim-nicholas-taleb","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}