Nassim Taleb is a renowned author, mathematician, and former options trader who is known for his work in probability theory and risk management. His writing has become increasingly popular among ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Nassim N. Taleb is an Author with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2007 Forum. Most common tags: Culture, Science & Technology. Nassim ...

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be investment professionals. That’s the argument Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the investment expert and math whiz who wrote the influential book The Black Swan, is ...

Financial industry executives generally got the messages of Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan, the books published in 2001 and 2007, respectively, that brought Nassim Nicholas Taleb to ...

Several years before the financial crisis descended on us, I put forward the concept of "black swans": large events that are both unexpected and highly consequential. We never see black swans coming, ...