Against the Gods

by Peter L Bernstein

Peter Bernstein explores risk from every angle. The book tells the story of how, in the 16th  and 17th centuries, an increasingly scientific and sophisticated understanding of probabilities allowed for the development of insurance markets for trade and personal security, and how these had a revolutionary impact on the development of the global economy. Jason Zweig, personal finance columnist at the WSJ described Against the Gods to us as “probably the best and most interesting high-level book on investing I can think of.”