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Risk, Uncertainty, Profits, and Modern Portfolio Theory

Audio Mises Wire·Dec 15, 2025·pending

About this Episode

While Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) is popular in academic economics and finance, it fails to properly explain profits, mistakenly confusing entrepreneurial profit seeking with risk management.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/risk-uncertainty-profits-and-modern-portfolio-theory

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