# Takeaways on the need for qualitative “narratives” from Lord Mervyn King's recent book, "Radical Uncertainty," are cited

1 Faculty News April 18, 2020 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/0e3c4872-7fb7-11ea-8fdb-7ec06edeef84) -- "[Mervyn King](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/mervyn-king), in his book with John Kay Radical Uncertainty: Decision-making for an unknowable future, makes a similar point; computer models should inform decision-making, but do not replace the need for qualitative 'narratives' on which the best judgments are made."

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