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3 unusual facts about Nassim Nicholas Taleb


David Runciman

After a book review in The Guardian of Antifragility by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, that author referred to Runciman as the "second most stupid reviewer" of his works, from more than 1,000 reviewers.

Empirica Capital

Empirica Capital a tail hedging firm started by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in 1999 carrying an insurance-style strategy (now called "Black Swan Protection") aiming to protect investors from large adverse events.

The Tartar Steppe

The novel is described as the favorite book of the author of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.


Black–Scholes model

Espen Gaarder Haug and Nassim Nicholas Taleb argue that the Black–Scholes model merely recast existing widely used models in terms of practically impossible "dynamic hedging" rather than "risk", to make them more compatible with mainstream neoclassical economic theory.


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