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Des Moines Public Library business book pick: “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything,” by Nate Silver

Why you should read it: The author of the bestseller, “The Signal and the Noise,” returns with this timely 2024 book that investigates people with a mastery of risk — people like professional poker players, hedge fund managers, cryptocurrency believers and more. These types of risk-takers, Silver writes, shape modern society and are key to understanding what drives technology and the economy today.