Blame nobel for crisis, says author of black swan reuters. Nassim nicholas taleb is an uncompromizing nononsense thinker for our times. The hidden role of chance in life and in the markets, and more on. Taleb s note on keeping and rereading literature books. Nassim taleb is a literary essayist, hedge fund manager, derivatives trader and professor of risk engineering at the polytechnic institute of new york university. The black swan book summary by nassim nicholas taleb. I read antifragile first, followed by black swan, bed of procrustes and did not finish fooled by randomness. The hubris of predictions and our perpetual surprise when the notpredicted happens are themes of nassim nicholas taleb s engaging new book, the black swan. The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand. Paperback verified purchase nassim nicholas taleb is one of the best thinkers about analyzing complex social problems and human behavior. Nassim nicholas taleb has 35 books on goodreads with 507956 ratings. The impact of the highly improbable by nassim nicholas taleb and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Taleb s admonition of academia is brutal he basically says ben bernanke and larry summers are arrogant, formalthinking civil servants, and ivyleague semiretards. Nassim taleb is no friend of academics justin owings. Nassim taleb is on his second round of selfimposed quiet time. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, and the bed of procrustes. The impact of the highly improbable, and fooled by randomness. Books by nassim nicholas taleb author of the black swan. Wayne, i received a link and a query from my young, independentminded friend. His books are informative and provocative, and leave you pondering their messages for years afterward. Please vote and do not add books taleb has not explicitly recommended. If there is a book missing, please leave a comment with a reference. A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal. Published on dec 4, 2010 nassim taleb tears into ben bernankes monetary policy, specifically the federal reserves recently announced round of quantitative easing known as qe2. Bernanke and geitner had no clue before the crisis they had no clue during the crisis they.
The black swan is a standalone book in nassim nicholas talebs landmark. Nassim nicholas taleb s most popular book is the black swan. Taleb says bernanke doesnt understand risks of qe2. Federal reserve governor ben bernanke he calls a true charlatan.
Nassim nicholas taleb book recommendations last addition june 2019. Taleb mentions the concept in the hour long podcast at econtalk if youve got the time to listen to it. Things that gain from disorder, offers 61 reading recommendations in his own words. Taleb mocks boring bernanke, wage slaves in book of aphorisms. Nassim taleb still has the most nassim taleb autoreply email ever. The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, skin in the. How credible and attentiondeserving is nassim taleb. Explains how we missed the word antifragility in classrooms. Taleb is the author of the incerto, a five volume philosophical essay on uncertainty published between 2001 and 2018 of which the most known books are the black swan and antifragile. Short list of smear artists and why one should address the smallest number of smearers. About incerto 4book bundle nassim nicholas taleb s landmark incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decisionmaking in a world we dont understand, in nonoverlapping and standalone books.
In what order should nassim nicholas talebs incerto. His bestselling 2007 book about unpredictable events, the black. Nassim taleb rips ben bernanke, the fed and qe2 youtube. This book analyzes socalled black swansextremely unpredictable events that have massive impacts on human society. Shannon stapletonreuters nassim taleb has a new book coming out, and is doing a new round of interviews to promote it. The bestselling author of the black swan explains the concept of his new book, antifragile, and how we can thrive in a.
I think taleb is an energetic and smart guy, who talks fast. Nassim taleb, who shot to fame with his ideas about risk in the book. He points out that if you follow 5000 people who pick stocks for a living by pure chance 150 of them will outperform the stock market for 5 straight years. Nassim taleb, the author and financial guru whose popular 2007 book the black swan predicted the current financial crisis, has strong words. Anyone interested in human behavior and its intersection with economics needs to read these books. I am not blaming bernanke he doesnt even know he doesnt understand how things. Facebook forum limited to philosophical discussions, books in progress. There are two places i was able to put together a nassim taleb reading list.
Nassim taleb, new york university professor and author of the black swan. Sure, nassim taleb recommending steven pinker is like the sun rising in the west. Allowing bernanke to stay at the helm of the fed is equivalent to letting an unqualified. He deserves all the attention he gets simply for making fun of academics who take themselves far too seriously, whatever the merit of h. Nassim taleb, the polarizing author of bestselling books the black swan and antifragile. Nassim nicholas taleb explains antifragile youtube.
Nassim nicholas taleb books list of books by author. The federal reserve won t exist in 25 years and the reappointment of ben bernanke as head of the central bank was a management failure, said nassim taleb, author of the black swan. Taleb says bernanke doesnt understand risks of qe2 youtube. But not in the case of nassim taleb, who has benefited from the class of reader who buys their books based upon recommendations made by the ft weekend. From the bestselling author of the black swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, nassim nicholas taleb, a book on how some things actually benefit from disorder. Nassim nicholas taleb is a lebaneseamerican author and flaneur a man who saunters around observing society. Taleb spent more than two decades as a risk trader before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical and mostly practical problems with probability. When, along with applied systems scientist dr joe norman, we first reacted to coronavirus on 25 january with the publication of an academic note urging caution, the virus had reportedly infected fewer than 2,000 people worldwide and fewer than 60 people were dead. Read his biography, short summaries of his best books and his most memorable quotes here. When i arrived in tampa, santa delivered a copy of nassim taleb s book the black swan, which i read and enjoyed. L et us follow the logic of things from the beginning. The black swan is the second book in former options trader nassim nicholas taleb s fivevolume series on uncertainty. Love him or hate him, nassim nicholas taleb is one of the worlds top intellectuals and maybe even the hottest thinker in the world right now.
I am often asked by journalists for a list of my favorite books i dont know what favorite means for a journalist. The book well it makes one point, and then beats it to death, leaving the reader anxious to anticipate every future black swan not appreciating that by calling it out is like observing the. Once upon a time there was a clever young financial professional called nassim nicholas taleb. Things that gain from disorder 2014 by nassim taleb since the book came out because hes into stoicism. See all books authored by nassim nicholas taleb, including the black swan. He has spent his life immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge, and he has led three highprofile careers around his ideas, as a man of letters, as a businessmantrader, and as a university professor and researcher. Antifragile thinking for a fattailed world nassim taleb is the original, idiosyncratic mind behind fooled by randomness, the black swan, and antifragile, a bestselling series of books on the nature of complexity, randomness, and a world where rare events dominate the landscape. Nassim taleb s book pulls the curtain back on our brains inability to sort out brilliant performance from random luck. The intellectual yet idiot, by nassim taleb two heads. Obsessive love is the most antifragile thing outside of economics. And the expert in question is nassim nicholas taleb. Citing examples ranging from hammurabi to seneca, antaeus the giant to donald trump, nassim nicholas taleb shows how the willingness to accept ones own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life.
Talebs definition of a black swan synced perfectly with the global. Nassim nicholas taleb s treasure chest of a book and new york times bestseller, the black swan, explores the nature of unpredictable events of huge consequence it sheds light on fundamental errors of thought. My advice about reading these books is to read each of them more than once except fooled by randomness. Nassim nicholas taleb book recommendations 80 books. Once you get over the idea that youre reading some sort of popular economics book and realise that its basically nassim taleb s rules for life, its actually rather enjoyable.
I was surprised to learn that nassim taleb had a problem with my book the better angels of our nature, because its analysis of war and terrorism harmonizes with taleb. I say that because rather than talk about the whole book im just going to write a bit more informally about my impressions, mainly regarding what he says. Comments on nassim taleb s the long peace is a statistical illusion steven pinker. Nassim used to have a list of books he recommended on his personal website. Nassim taleb has no interest in listening to him talk about it now. The comfortable but potentially devastating lies we are told by others, and ourselves. Nassim taleb, the author of the black swan, said he would retire from.
The other books in the series are fooled by randomness, antifragile, skin in the game, and the bed of procrustes. I am not blaming bernanke he doesnt even know he doesnt understand. Hes an elitist, snooty rogue, who you are forced to like despite his rather infuriating cultivated airs. The landmark in this instance which has shaken me out of a long selfimposed silence on brick and rope is steven pinkers masterly book the better angels of our nature one of the best books of nonfiction i have read in my lifetime.
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