From "one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics" (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics.Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers people use to mislead...

'A highly readable argument . . . Very impressive' Nassim N. Taleb, author of The Black Swan When faced with complex problems we have become accustomed to looking to our leaders for grand visions that blaze a path to success. But in this...