Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan (not the Aronofsky movie), was on the BBC's Newsnight with Emily Maitlis to discuss the multi-billion JP Morgan trading disaster.
One of the most vocal critics of the...
A reader sends in this photo of Presidential candidate and hedge funder Mark Spitznagel taken recently at Spitznagel's house.
It was reported by various outlets back in March that Ron Paul would be having a $2500/plate fundraiser at...
Biology and economics face similar challenges: both seek to explain survival and innovation in an unpredictable world. For example, Nassim Taleb, famous for his prescient identification of rare “black swan” events that are correlated with...
From Nassim Taleb:
This article argues that the crisis of 2007–2008 happened because of an explosive combination of agency problems, moral hazard, and “scientism”—the illusion that ostensibly scientific techniques would manage risks and...
Last fall, Harvard Business Review published a paper titled “Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think,” by Bent Flyvbjerg and Alexander Budzier. It spurred a conversation here at Verisk Analytics regarding how companies can avoid...
Quote of the Day:
Only one candidate, Ron Paul, seems to have grasped the issues and is offering the right remedies for the central problems we are facing.
Nassim Taleb – 13th March 2012
Macro Overview
Introducing The Austrian...
Nassim Taleb, "The Black Swan" author,shares what he fears will be the next "black swan" event for the U.S. economy.
we begin with a cnbc exclusive. a black swan is an event outside the realm of regular expectations. no...
The U.S. economic situation is so bad, the author of "The Black Swan" said he has "no choice but to own stocks" to "preserve my financial situation."
"I own stocks," Nassim Taleb told CNBC Tuesday. "I don’t trust Treasury bonds. I’d rather...
Nassim Taleb is on
CNBC
talking about Ron Paul, the Fed and the U.S. economy.
Taleb author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan has already endorsed Ron Paul. Here are excerpts from the interview.
On Ron Paul
Taleb said he backs Paul...
Scientists don’t know what they are talking about when they talk about religion. Religion has nothing to do with belief, and I don’t believe it has any negative impact on people’s lives outside of intolerance. Why do I go to church? It’s...
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