Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

Published: Sept. 14, 2024, 5 a.m.

Big stakes poker player and elections analyst Nate Silver is no stranger to a calculated risk.

In his new book, On The Edge, he makes the case that people willing to take massive calculated risks are winning in the modern economy.

Tim Harford talks to Nate about the mindset that\u2019s driving hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and silicon valley investors.

Presenter: Tim Harford\nProducer: Beth Ashmead Latham\nSeries producer: Tom Colls\nProduction co-ordinator: Katie Morrison\nSound mix: Nigel Appleton\nEditor: Richard Vadon