You can see the entire talk here. Here’s the audio NNT’s portion of the panel. Click arrow to listen. NNT at The Russia Forum 2011.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
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Two C-Span videos from 2007 just popped up. I haven’t seen either of them! I don’t seem to be able to embed the video. I’ll also look for audio downloads and post the links if I find them.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb talked about his book …
Saturday, November 6, 2010
This bubbled up today. Does it signify NNT’s adaptation by the mainstream?
For the inaugural video in the New Yorker Currents series, Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks with James Surowiecki about the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and the future of the economy. Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/06/video-currents-nassim-nicholas-taleb-james-surowiecki.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#ixzz0q9XOjFYM .
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Click arrow to listen Christopher Lydon / Nassim Taleb telephone interview. Link to source and synopsis. 3. On bailouts: My analogy is to the gambler who is now gambling with the trust fund of his unborn great-great-granchildren… Prudence should be the first thing on the agenda of governments, not speculation. Stimulus packages are speculation… [...]
HatTip to Dave Lull Nassim Taleb Interview – The Brian Lehrer Show 052110 WNYC-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, former hedge fund advisor, professor, and author of the best-selling book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Random House Trade Paperbacks; 2 edition, 2010), continues his exploration of randomness and the unpredictability of markets with the new edition [...]
Squint your eyes and the metaphor almost fits. HatTip to EG. Grand seafaring saga stars Tyrone Power as a 17th-century pirate who, along with his captain, Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar), reforms and moves to Jamaica in order to free the island from attacks by fellow freebooters George Sanders and Anthony Quinn. Maureen O’Hara is [...]
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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