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Taleb on Antifragility | EconTalk | Library of Economics and Liberty

Monday, January 16, 2012

I’ve been waiting for this! Nassim Taleb, author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about antifragility, the concept behind Taleb’s next book, a work in progress. Taleb talks about how we can cope with our ignorance and uncertainty in a complex world. Topics covered include health, finance, [...]

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EconTalk – Taleb on Black Swans (2007)

Monday, April 12, 2010

Don’t know how I missed having this in here. NNT lists this as one of his favorite interviews as well.From the highly addictive and always excellent EconTalk.org. (iTunes subsrciption link here. 2007 2008) Nassim Taleb talks about the challenges of coping with uncertainty, predicting events, and understanding history. This wide-ranging conversation looks at investment, health, [...]

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EconTalk – De Vany on Evolutionary Fitness

Saturday, April 3, 2010

MARCH 29, 2010

De Vany on Steroids, Baseball, and Evolutionary Fitness

Arthur De Vany

Hosted by Russ Roberts

Arthur De Vany, of the University of Ca…

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EconTalk -Taleb on the Financial Crisis

Monday, March 23, 2009

Nassim Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis, how we misunderstand rare events, the fragility of the banking system, the moral hazard of government bailouts, the unprecedented nature of really, really bad events, the contribution of human psychology to misinterpreting probability and the dangers of hubris. The conversation closes with a discussion of religion and probability.

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