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Nassim Taleb, 'Black Swan' Author: Bernanke And Geithner Fired Should Have Been Fired

bloomberg.com | Le-Min Lim and Bob Chen | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Nassim Taleb, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Black Swan, Business News

Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan," questioned why Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, and Treasury Secretary Tim ...

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The Myth of the Black Swan

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Recovery, Economy, Black Swan Event, Economic Rules, Economic Recovery, Black Swan, Economic Theory, Recession, Business News
Hale

This is the third time that I have been through an economic event where there were groups of people who said the old methods of analysis didn't apply. As I will demonstrate, nothing could be farther from the truth.

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Taleb`s Value to a Politician

Pablo Triana | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Britain, Black Swan, Nassim Taleb, David Cameron, World News
Pablo Triana

The composer of "The Black Swan" used the occasion to say certain things to conservative British politician David Cameron that instantly and rabidly captured the headlines

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The Black Swan Myth

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Depression, Unemployment, Black Swan, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Great Depression, Business News
Hale

The phrase black swan "refers to high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events beyond the realm of normal expectations." However, this phrase does not adequately describe the current recession.

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Nassim Taleb, Black Swan Author: What We Should Do About Debt

ft.com | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Debt, Black Swan, Stimulus, Debt to Equity, Business News

The core of the problem, the unavoidable truth, is that our economic system is laden with debt, about triple the amount relative to gross domestic pro...

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Natalie Portman To Star In Aronofsky Thriller

hollywoodreporter.com | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Darren Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Black Swan, Film, Entertainment News

Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" could soon be taking flight. After being set up in early 2007 at Universal, the project -- a supernatural thriller se...

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Taleb's Black Swan-proof World: Ten Principles

Financial Times | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Nassim Taleb, Black Swan, Taleb, Socialists, Business News

1. What is fragile should break early while it is still small. Nothing should ever become too big to fail. Evolution in economic life helps those with...

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Black Swan Author Nassim Taleb Joins Arianna on CNBC's Squawk Box

Huff TV | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Carl Quintanilla, Video, Squawk Box, Arianna on CNBC, Cnbc, Black Swan Event, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Arianna, Nassim Taleb, Becky Quick, Black Swan, Joe Kernen, Arianna Huffington, Business News
Huff TV

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan, joined Arianna on Squawk Box to discuss the financial meltdown, mark-to-market accounting and ways to...

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Reports of the Death of Equities: Greatly Exaggerated

James Berman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Depression, Nouriel Roubini, Deflation, Inflation, Stock Market, Bear Market, Warren Buffett, Paul Krugman, Black Swan, Real Estate, Dow, Recession, Great Depression, Business News
James Berman

The successful investors will be the ones who wait out this period and reap the rewards once the tide turns, which it will. Soon we hope.

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Why the Obamas are Political Black Swans

Megan Harris | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ornithologist, Narcisco Rodriguez, America's Competitiveness, Loree Rodkin, J. Crew, Working Mothers, Nassim Taleb, Obama Administration, Black Swan, Carla Bruni, Isabel Toledo, Jason Wu, Pottery Barn, 44th President, Tracy Feith, American Designers, Dr. Martin Luther King, Michelle and Barack Obama, Princeton University, Harvard Law School, Ivey League, Joe Lieberman, Barack Hussein Obama, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, First Family, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News
Megan Harris

The First Family have quickly emerged as positive role models for a generation that seemed adrift. They are poised to systematically realign how Americans view themselves and country.

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