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Taleb's Elephant and the Belgian Budget

Today I overheard a would-be minister of our next government expressing concern about our budget. And it seems that if it's up to him, a budget control will be executed on a quarterly basis to check whether we are still on track. Well that would just be great, wouldn't it ? next ?No. When hearing these words, I had 3 automatic ...

Written by Christof Govaerts
On November 29, 2011
Tags : Financial

Basel, SIFIs and New Capitalism

For some months now, the Basel Committee is pondering on how to tackle the issues of systemic risk. It seems the outcome might well be something along the lines of "agreed it's moral hazard but it's OK".End of April, Reuters leaked a Bundesbank initiative to set up a so-called SIFI list (Systemically Important Financial ...

Written by Christof Govaerts
On June 23, 2011
Tags : Financial Institutions

Taleb - When Money Dies

Today at Econopolis, we took some time off and went birdwatching in Brussels. We had the pleasure to listen to Nassim Taleb who apart from black swans gave us a lecture in (human) nature.

Written by Christof Govaerts
On October 12, 2010
Tags : Past

Black Swan day

It will be quiet on the blog, as we have Nassim Taleb in our offices.We are chasing black swans right now.Sorry for the noise and the inconvenience.

Written by Geert Noels
On October 12, 2010
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De zwarte zwaan in Nassim Taleb

(Deze bijdrage verscheen in De Standaard van 31 juli 2010)De levensloop van Taleb is niet over rozen gegaan. Het minste dat je kunt zeggen is dat hij heeft moeten leren leven met onzekerheid. Taleb is een Grieks-orthodoxe Libanees. Zijn ouders verloren in de burgeroorlog van 1975 een groot deel van hun fortuin. Taleb studeerde in ...

Written by Geert Noels
On August 02, 2010
Tags : Recommended

Fighting the Black Swan

"My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves & the quality of their knowledge too seriously & those who don’t have the courage to sometimes say: I don’t know. That's the opening sentence of Nassim Taleb's website . It undescores the cynical character of this Lybian born ...

Written by Geert Noels
On April 08, 2009
Tags : Financial

De depressiegeest is uit de fles

Nu het woord 'depressie' gevallen is, wordt er al heel vrij over gepraat. Martin Wolf zegt dat we al blij mogen zijn als het in de VS maar zo slecht zal gaan als in Japan, en niet slechter ...

Written by Geert Noels
On February 10, 2009
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Bjarne Riis, Floyd Landis, Ben Johnson, Marion Jones, Scholes en Merton

Nassim Taleb, de auteur van de Black Swan, roept op om de Nobelprijs te ontnemen van de professoren Merton en Scholes. Indeed, the same Nobel economists who helped blow up the system at least once, Professors Scholes and Merton, could be seen lecturing us on risk management... ...

Written by Geert Noels
On December 08, 2008
Tags : Financial

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