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Government should do ‘something symbolic’ to bankers – Cathy Newman Channel4

Cathy Newman interviews Nassim Taleb, Dec 5, 2012 Channel4.com Former banker and author of The Black Swan and Antifragile, Professor Nassim Taleb says the government should do “something symbolic” to bankers who have not paid the price for the economic crisis.

End Deposit Insurance, Not Bonuses – By Reihan Salam – The Agenda – National Review Online

[Another commentary and rebuttal to NNT’s recent NYT ‘End Bonuses for Bankers’ piece. Again, it would be nice if these articles were based on the larger context of NNT’s entire Bailout commentary rather than a single opinion piece. JH] End deposit insurance: a simple heuristic for a complex problem. Taleb of all people should appreciate […]

Nassim Taleb and the Problem with Bailouts

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPZzYpWM2Mc] CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS