Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Predictor of Financial Crisis Dispenses Bite-Sized Wisdom from The Takeaway: Early Edition by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

Nassim Taleb is the philosopher and former trader who correctly predicted that the mathematical models Wall Street used to measure risk would lead to a massive financial crisis. His new book, ‘The Bed of Procrustes,’ scrutinizes the economy, as well as human knowledge and values. The book features "practical and philosophical aphorisms," and includes fortune-cookie sized sentences that attempt to "expose self-delusions you have been living with but have never recognized." Taleb is the current Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University. He is the author of 'Fooled by Randomness' and 'The Black Swan.'
Download the podcast here. See also: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility", Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options (Wiley Finance), Lecturing Birds on Flying: Can Mathematical Theories Destroy the Financial Markets?, The Volatility Surface: A Practitioner's Guide (Wiley Finance), by Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Black Swan, The Impact of the Highly Improbable 1 edition, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)

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