Skin in the Game

About “Skin in the Game”

Skin in the Game is a 2018 non-fiction work by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It dissects the phrase "skin in the game," the backbone of risk management, showing how it applies to all aspects of life. Taleb draws on figures from Antaeus the Giant to Hammurabi, Donald Trump, and Seneca, arguing the phrase means paying attention to what people do rather than what they say, and to how much risk they accept, challenging long-held beliefs about those who control military, finance, and religion.