THE GAMBLING ANIMAL, humanity's evolutionary winning streak - and how we risk it all

408pp., illus., paperback., Profile Books, London, 2025

ISBN: 9781805225843

Glenn Harrison and Don Ross on humans' ecological dominance and, given the unfolding ecological crisis, how humanity's success may yet be its downfall. 

"A fascinating exploration, weaving together insights from economics and evolutionary science to paint a persuasive picture." Diane Coyle, author of Cogs & Monsters

"Behavioural economics at its best." George Ainslie, author of Breakdown of Will

Glenn Harrison is a Distinguished University Professor; the C. V. Starr Chair of Risk Management and Insurance; and Director of the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Science, J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. He is also an adjunct professor at the School of Economics, University of Cape Town.

Don Ross is Professor and Head of the School of Society, Politics and Ethics at University College Cork, Ireland; Professor at the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town; and Program Director for Methodology at the Center for Economic Analysis of Risk, J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.