Hail Mary: William L Silber on The Power of Nothing to Lose with Tobias Carlisle on The Acquirers Podcast

Summary: <p><strong>William L. Silber</strong> is a Senior Advisor with Cornerstone Research and was a chaired professor at The Stern School of Business, New York University, most recently as the Marcus Nadler Professor of Finance and Economics (2002-2019) and before that as the Abraham Gitlow Professor of Economics and Finance (1990-2002)</p> <p>His latest book, "<a href="https://amzn.to/2Xs6P53">The Power of Nothing to Lose: The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Business</a>," (Morrow / Harper, 2021) shows how presidents, generals, dictators, and ordinary people have used the power of downside protection to alter history. A simple strategy, similar to the Hail Mary pass in football, encourages risky ventures that favor the ‘deciders’ but hurts innocent bystanders, causing collateral damage that requires attention.</p> <p>ABOUT THE PODCAST</p> <p>Hi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I've launched a new podcast called <a href="https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/"><strong>The Acquirers Podcast</strong></a>.</p> <p>The podcast is about finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations.</p> <p>We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success.</p> <p>SEE LATEST EPISODES</p> <p><a href="https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/"><strong>https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/</strong></a></p> <p>SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER</p> <p><a href="https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/"><strong>https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/</strong></a></p> <p>FOLLOW TOBIAS</p> <p>Firm: <a href="https://acquirersfunds.com/"><strong>https://acquirersfunds.com/</strong></a></p> <p>Website: <a href="https://acquirersmultiple.com/"><strong>https://acquirersmultiple.com/</strong></a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Greenbackd"><strong>https://twitter.com/Greenbackd</strong></a></p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisle"><strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisle</strong></a></p> <p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisle"><strong>https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisle</strong></a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisle"><strong>https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisle</strong></a></p> <p>ABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLE</p> <p>Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®.</p> <p>He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon’s Business and Finance <a href="https://amzn.to/2EJH18v"><strong>The Acquirer’s Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market</strong></a>, the Amazon best-sellers <a href="https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF"><strong>Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014)</strong></a> (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), <a href="https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN"><strong>Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012)</strong></a> (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and <a href="https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn"><strong>Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World’s Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016)</strong></a> (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, bus</p>