The Minds Behind the Meltdown

[kirylm]

The Quants: Formula for a Meltdown - WSJ.com

 

[riteranj]

i am afraid after reading this: what lies ahead for quants?

 

[joel_b]

nothing, you just get better, smarter and safer. If a newspaper article makes you scared you are looking into the wrong field!

 

[Eugene Krel]

quants kill cute puppies for fun!!!!

 

[iddqd]

Bought this book yesterday, currently a few chapters in. Lots of talk about gambling so far, an interesting start. Will share my further thoughts when I finish it.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

Here is another article on Bloomberg with side stories about the book
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aH4r5gwyu_OE&goback=.nvr_90917_1