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Re:Nassim Nicholas Taleb Sees Worse Tail Risks Than in 2007 ... by taw55 on Saturday May 20, 2017 @07:42AM (#14381958)
It appears his claim to faim was 2008, which imo wasn't a black swan event at all (to anyone watching private sector indebtedness figures).
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Re:Nassim Nicholas Taleb Sees Worse Tail Risks Than in 2007 ... by wand3r on Saturday May 20, 2017 @12:51PM (#14383206)
That's a very small pool of people.
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Re:Nassim Nicholas Taleb Sees Worse Tail Risks Than in 2007 ... by tbihl on Saturday May 20, 2017 @06:30PM (#14384707)
As he is fond of saying, Thanksgiving isn't a Black swan event unless you're the turkey.
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