Nassim Taleb

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

bloomberg.com | Le-Min Lim and Bob Chen | Posted 11.28.2009 | 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 Financial Crisis: Economists And Politicians Who Got It Right (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Meredith Whitney, Stephen Roach, Nouriel Roubini, Kenneth Rogoff, Slidepoll, Who Predicted the Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis, Nassim Taleb, Robert Shiller, Recession, Economists Who Got It Right, Business News

Financial prognostication has a notoriously shoddy track record (We're looking at you, Jim Cramer!). But did anyone actually see the financial cri...

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My Letter Addressing the Guardian's Distortions

Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Nassim Taleb, American Press, The Guardian, British Press, Media News

I used to think that the US press was guilty of distortions. Recent events changed my mind, as UK anti-Cameron papers tried to cut and paste from my talk to weaken him by trying to demonize me.

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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

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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Why Nassim Taleb is the True Predictor of this Crisis

Pablo Triana | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Nassim Taleb, Toxic Assets, Housing Market, Housing Crisis, Housing Bubble, Business News

We all seem to want to know who among us really saw the mayhem coming.

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Roubini, Taleb Talk Economic Recovery, Risk Of Second Recession On CNBC (VIDEO)

Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Taleb Roubini CNBC, Nassim Taleb, Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubini, Dr. Realist, The Black Swan, Business News

Two of the most prominent market cynics appeared on CNBC this morning. Nouriel Roubini -- affectionately known as "Dr. Doom" -- was CNBC's guest host,...

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Nassim Taleb Rips Summers, Geithner, Bernanke (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Geithner Treasury, Larry Summers Harvard, Timothy Geithner, Nassim Taleb Larry Summers, Obama Nassim Taleb, Nassim Taleb, Msnbc Dylan Ratigan, Business News

One of earliest and most outspoken experts who warned of disaster before the nation plunged into an economic crisis called out the president Monday fo...

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Once More, we get Killed by "Experts"

Pablo Triana | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Iatrogenics, Economic Crisis, L.J. Henderson, Financial Crisis, Nassim Taleb, Credit Crisis, Harvard, Aaa, Business News

The credit crisis was the result of rampant iatrogenics. The term literally means physician-induced. An iatrogenic death, or disease, would be one caused by the doctor.

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Arianna Guest Hosts Squawk Box: Interviews Jim Grant, Nassim Taleb, and Roger Altman, Discusses The New Financial Euphoria

Huff TV | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Nassim Taleb, Video, Jim Grant, Squawk Box, Roger Altman, Arianna Huffington, Business News

Arianna guest-hosted CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning, joining Black Swan author Nassim Taleb, former Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, and J...

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NY Mag Suggests A Post-Stress Test Checklist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Stress Tests, Nouriel Roubini, David Brooks, Bank Stress Tests, Banking Crisis, Banks, Financial Crisis, Nassim Taleb, New York Times, Timothy Geithner, Paul Krugman, Bank Bailout, Media News

I have got to tell you all, I am LOVING THESE STRESS TESTS. For real. Who'd have thought that you could have a test in which the testees could negot...

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The Stress Tests Fail The Smell Test

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Stress Tests, Nouriel Roubini, Obama Bank Stress Tests, Joseph Stiglitz, Economy, Bank Stress Tests, Obama Administration, Nassim Taleb, Obama Economy, Cramdown, Business News

The results of the much-anticipated bank stress tests are finally set to be released on Thursday. But we can already give the Obama economic team a grade for the way the tests have been handled: F.

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Goldman Sachs Counts on Society's Implicit Stop-Loss Order

Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Goldman Sachs, Nassim Taleb, Goldman Sachs TARP, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Nassim Taleb Goldman Sachs, Business News

So long as Goldman Sachs may need us again in the future, whatever bonus they are paying today is a bonus that may be covered by the taxpayer tomorrow.

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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

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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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I'm Guest Hosting CNBC's Squawk Box, and I'd Love Your Suggestions

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Arianna Huffington CNBC, Nassim Taleb, Nouriel Roubini, Squawk Box, Cnbc, Home News

I'm going to be guest hosting CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning. Among my guests will be saw-the-meltdown-coming economist Nouriel Roubini, Black Swan author Nassim Taleb, and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank. I'd love to hear what questions you'd like me to ask them. Please put your suggestions in the comments section of this post, then tune in to CNBC from 7 to 9 am Tuesday morning. Memo To Obama's Economic Team: Get Some Sleep! Take the Steering Wheel out of Geithner's Hands Larry Summers: Brilliant Mind, Toxic Ideas Watch: Arianna Discusses Obama's Afghanistan Policy, Bank Bailout On Larry King Live, and Arianna Discusses Tim Geithner on Larry King Live

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Did Eliot Spitzer Have to Go Down?

Judith Ellis | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Aig, Nouriel Roubini, Henry Paulson, Nassim Taleb, Timothy Geithner, Arianna Huffington, Fareed Zakaria, Eliot Spitzer, Politics News

I am not a conspiracy theorist, but is it coincidental that the sex scandal with Spitzer came out at such an opportune time?

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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

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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Rewarding Those Who Got It Right

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Paul Wolfowitz, Obama Cabinet, General Eric Shinseki, Nouriel Roubini, Joseph Stiglitz, Eric Shinseki Veterans Affairs Secretary, Paul Krugman Nobel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Bush Legacy Project, Nassim Taleb, Obama Administration, Paul Krugman, Iraq, Eric Shinseki, Politics News

Watch: Arianna Talks Blogging with Tavis Smiley Watch: Arianna Discusses Blagojevich on Larry King Watch: Arianna Discusses Blagojevich and Xmas Cookies on Morning Joe Watch: Arianna Debunks Obama Citizenship Rumors on Countdown Blagojevich: Character is Destiny

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