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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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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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Putting the "Eco" in Economics

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: California, Economy, Environment, Green News, Hunter Lovins, Clean Energy, Innovation, Climate Change, David Suzuki, Technology, Black Swan Event, Economic Crisis, Green, Global Warming, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

When the future is not possible, you know you're staring a driver of change in the face. There's just one hangup: We have this little problem with rate and magnitude.

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Did NBC Open Pandora's TV Box?

Charles Warner | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Black Swan Event, Google, Nbc, Media News
Charles Warner

Selling TV by means of Google's online auction model is a black swan. No one can predict what eventual effect it will have on the sale of broadcast and cable TV network, national spot television, and local television inventory.

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Recession Fears: Worry Like It's 1989

New York | Michael Idov | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economic Downturn, Wall Street Write-Downs, Dow Jones Index, 1989 Recession, Black Swan Event, New Home Sales, Black Monday, Recession Fears, Economic Slowdown, Recession, Gdp, Business News

The news keeps coming, each item worse than the one before. New-home sales fall 26 percent nationwide; the U.S. economy loses 17,000 jobs in January; ...

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