Risk savvy
Subtitle: how to make good decisions
By: Gerd Gigerenzer
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780143127109
Subjects: Statistics; Choice (Psychology); Decision making; Risk assessment
Notes: "First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin ... 2014."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The psychology of risk. Are people stupid? ; Certainty is an illusion ; Defensive decision making ; Why do we fear what's unlikely to kill us?; title: Part 2: Getting risk savvy. Mind your money ; Leadership and intuition ; Fun and games ; Getting to the heart of romance ; What doctors need to know ; Health care: no decision about me without me ; Banks, cows, and other dangerous things; title: Part 3: Start early. Revolutionize school.