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The banks have hijacked the government. — [VIDEO]

Nassim Nicholas Taleb:

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Nassim Taleb on deficits – [VIDEO]

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Nassim Taleb says we will have soon another crisis that will make the current one looks like a picnic. – [VIDEO]

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WORLD’S #1 PREDICTION MARKET GURU SAYS THAT NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB’S SLAM AT THE PREDICTION MARKETS IS UNSCIENTIFIC.

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NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB: Prediction markets are for fools. They might work for a binary election, but not in the Fourth Quadrant.

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Black Swan & Predicting World War I

The inspired John De Palma writes to me: With the TradeSports Saddam contracts, Justin Wolfers had it relatively easy in inferring the extent to which an anticipated war was built into financial market pricing. (Paper – PDF file). A similar … Continue reading

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