Allison Schrager's new book is a bestseller
Allison Schrager's Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk made Porchlight's bestseller.
❝ A Financial Times Book of the Month pick for April! Is it worth swimming in shark-infested waters to surf a 50-foot, career-record wave? Is it riskier to make an action movie or a horror movie? Should sex workers forfeit 50 percent of their income for added security or take a chance and keep the extra money? Most people wouldn't expect an economist to have an answer to these questions--or to other questions of daily life, such as who to date or how early to leave for the airport. But those people haven't met Allison Schrager, an economist and award-winning journalist who has spent her career examining how people manage risk in their lives and careers. … [PorchlightBooks.com]
| ALLISON SCHRAGER is an award-winning journalist at Quartz & author of An Economist Walks into a Brothel.. Watch her discuss "Taking Risks in a Changing Economy" below, and learn more about booking Allison for your next event today. |
