The Fat Tail

The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing

by Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat

		Publisher: Oxford University Press (USA) Pub. Date: 2009 ISBN: 9780195328554 No. pages: 272 Category: Finance

In this summary you will learn

What political risk is
Why political risk should be managed
What companies can do to manage it

Why you should read The Fat Tail

This timely, concise book provides an introduction to managing and assessing international political risk. Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat downplay the jargon and specialists’ terminology, so their book is easily accessible. However, the authors do presume that readers have at least a nodding acquaintance with the facts of international business life. Many recent risk management books focus more on managing market risks. Political risk, while less quantifiable, still presents a challenge and demands effective administrative attention. This book is a valuable addition to the literature on risk management. Its great merit, getAbstract reports, is that it provides a framework for understanding the nature of political risk and a variety of approaches to managing it.

About the Authors

Ian Bremmer, author of The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall, is President of the Eurasia Group, where Preston Keat is Director of Research.

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