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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Financial Crisis
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Mar 23, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Nassim Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis, how we misunderstand rare events, the fragility of the banking system, the moral hazard of government bailouts, the unprecedented nature of really, really bad events, the contribution of human psychology to misinterpreting probability and the dangers of hubris. The conversation closes with a discussion of religion and probability.
Released:
Mar 23, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode
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