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001 2007052044
003 DLC
005 20080930150321.0
008 071220s2008 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007052044
020 $a9780521884662 (hbk.)
020 $a9780521711579 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn185095549
035 $a(OCoLC)185095549
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dVVC$dDLC
050 00 $aHB615$b.B733 2008
082 00 $a306.4/82$222
100 1 $aBrenner, Reuven.
245 12 $aA world of chance :$bbetting on religion, games, Wall Street /$cReuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner, Aaron Brown.
260 $aCambridge ;$bNew York : Cambridge University Press,$c2008.
300 $axviii, 339 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $aFrom religion to risk management: what to do when facing uncertainty? / Reaven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Anything wrong with gambling as a pastime? / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Are you rich? Risk-taking and gambling, or the leapfrogging instinct / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Betting on futures and creating prices / Reuven Brenner -- Gambling as banking: poker, junk bonds, and central banks / Reuven Brenner, Aaron Brown -- Lottery is a taxation, and heav'n be prais'd, it is easily rais'd / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Politics and prohibitions; or, what's a good tax anyway? / Reuven Brenner -- How gamblers and risk-takers correct the future / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Gambling and risk-taking: the leapfrogging instinct / Reuven Brenner -- Human nature and the civilizing process / Reuven Brenner -- A statistical profile of gamblers / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner, Claude Montmarquette.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-324) and indexes.
650 0 $aRisk.
650 0 $aCompetition.
650 0 $aDecision making.
650 0 $aWealth.
650 0 $aSocial history.
650 0 $aGambling.
650 0 $aChance.
700 1 $aBrenner, Gabrielle A.
700 1 $aBrown, Aaron,$d1956-
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052044-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052044-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052044-t.html