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When Genius Failed

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What’s it about?

A gripping account of how the smartest minds in finance built a hedge fund that nearly destroyed the global economy, revealing the fatal flaw in their mathematical models: they forgot that markets are driven by human fear, not just logic.

You’ll learn

  • Intellectual arrogance can blind even geniuses
  • Leverage amplifies risk, not just returns
  • Markets are irrational in a crisis
  • No model can predict human panic