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Now you can search for articles in back issues of Contingencies from July/August 2000 to the present. Simply type in subject words, author's name, or article title in the box at right and click Search. |
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May/June 2007 |
Our Finite World:
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How Actuarial is a Pound of Flesh? Risk Management and The Merchant of Venice
The Art, Philosophy, and Science of Data
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INSIDE TRACK COMMENTARY UP TO CODE
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WORKSHOP TRADECRAFT PUZZLES ENDPAPER |
A treasury of Vanderhoof |
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The world is running out of the natural resources we depend on. So why are we still behaving as if they'll last forever?
Public pensions are immense, complicated and politically charged. Regulating them requires a complex balance among state and local executives, legislatures, and competing special interests.
Shakespeare wasn't an actuary, but his picture of risk management in 16th-century Venice is right on the money.
A look at two books that examine the intersection of statistics, money, markets, chance, and human behavior