Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Articles by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Stretch of the imagination

  • 02 December 2010
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the bestselling book on black swan events, delves deeper into the unseen and unknown in this selection of aphorisms from his new work, The Bed of Procrustes

Beware those Black Swans

  • 05 July 2010
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The bestselling economist Nassim Nicholas Taleb argues that we can’t make the world financial system immune to shocks –– but we can make sure it’s much more robust by building randomness into our planning.

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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