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Quotes from Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

born 1960 Lebanon

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It is the asymmetry of the bonus system that got us here. No incentives without disincentives: capitalism is about rewards and punishments, not just rewards.

Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (2009)

Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a structural one. We need rehab.

Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (2009)

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