Gabrielle A. BrennerReseñas

Interesting exploration of how various societies and governments, from biblical times to the online gambling bill, have tried to stifle an adventurous approach to handling risk, which is the very basis of human existence, and draws conclusions about human nature in general.

They claim that those who seek to restrict the human interest in taking a chance, end up impoverishing the people they are restricting; while those societies that embrace it will forge ahead.

They seem very enamoured with a "free market philosophy", and so give no air to the counter-arguments, but do highlight that such criticisms are often ill-founded.