"What's Luck Got to Do with It? is the story of the year-long sailing adventure of newly married Mike and Sharon Metcalf on their yawl, Mystic Isle.
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Mathematician Mazur traces the history of gambling from the earliest known archaeological evidence of dice-playing among Neolithic peoples to the first systematic mathematical games of change during the Renaissance, and explains the ...
“I could only dream of a life like this,” Holly said. “When Iwas small, my mother would lock me in my room while she worked or dated and I would lay on my bed and dream of a safe place where men didn‟t sneak in my room at night and hurt ...
In this thought-provoking book, Edward D. Kleinbard demonstrates how the failure to acknowledge the force of brute luck in our material lives exacerbates these crises leading to warped policy choices that impede genuine equality of ...
The difference between this and other books of the genre is that it's written as a comprehensive resource; taking the experiences of others in the field and bringing them together into a complete single work, as well as offering new ...
Gambling Myths or Truths
In What's Luck Got To Do With It? renowned law professor Edward D. Kleinbard argues that government's proper role is addressing the unfairness and injustice of brute luck.