Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown is the author of many books, including The Poker Face of Wall Street. He's a long-time risk manager in the hedge fund space.

Apr 14, 2026

For Investors Trying to Price Risk, AI Polling Is Long Overdue

In August 1955, Isaac Asimov published a short story called “Franchise” that described the 2008 presidential election. By then, a supercomputer called Multivac had made...
Apr 9, 2026

From Merchants of Death to Merchants of Confusion

In 1934, a best-selling book called Merchants of Death made a simple and outrageous argument: that arms manufacturers had conspired to drag the United States into World War...
Apr 7, 2026

Is Donald Trump About To Do What Gold Bugs Never Could?

For decades, the case for restoring gold to its monetary role has been made with great intellectual seriousness and small political effect. Lewis Lehrman made it. Steve Forbes made...