Nicholas Taleb News
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The first 401(k) retirement plan was born less than 33 years ago. The U.S. Social Security program is still in its seventies.
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The Bretton Woods economic conference would make a great movie: Dashing celebrity economist John Maynard Keynes of the U.K. squared off against U.S. Treasury official Harry Dexter White, who was later revealed to be a Soviet spy.
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Mary Schapiro, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, must take us for fools.
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According to Nassim Nicholas Taleb, predictions based on statistics would be reliable only if they drew their data from the future as well as the past. Here’s how he illustrates his point:
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration weakened the country’s economy by seeking to foster growth instead of paying down the federal debt, said Nassim Nicholas Taleb , author of “The Black Swan.”
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U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration weakened the country’s economy by seeking to foster growth instead of paying down the federal debt, said Nassim Nicholas Taleb , author of “The Black Swan.”
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President Barack Obama’s administration has perpetuated the causes of the 2008 financial crisis by failing to break up the largest U.S. banks, according to New York University’s Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the book “The Black Swan.”
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Events such as last week’s stock market plunge that erased almost $1 trillion from U.S. equities usually have structural explanations, according to Nassim Nicholas Taleb , author of “The Black Swan.”
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Reduced financial-market volatility may make the global banking system more fragile, according to New York University’s Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the book “The Black Swan.”
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Mark Spitznagel pushes the throttles on his new twin-engine Chris-Craft Corsair 28, slicing through Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan on a warm day in late July. As the speedboat reaches more than 50 miles per hour, Spitznagel’s blond hair flying in the wind, he churns up a big wake.
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