June 9, 2009 / Raffy Pekson II

Peter Bernstein remembered

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, Bernstein Peter L, business, McKinsey Quarterly

Peter L. Bernstein, the author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk and other books, died on June 5 at the age of 90. In this McKinsey Quarterly video, the well-known author discusses the meaning of risk and explains why sophisticated mathematical models to control it sometimes go awry.

Click here to watch the video.