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The Black Swan

10 Ways to Avoid Falling Skies Next Time

by Tim Berry on April 16, 2009

in Books, Business Stories, Economics

I’ve posted before on this blog about The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s powerful book, written before the big downturn, which some say (he wouldn’t) predicted it. 
With a beautifully written mix of history, stories, studies, and logic, Taleb shows how the big events are completely unpredictable. And that we kid ourselves, [...]

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