Save capitalism from the banks - Nassim Taleb

Discussion in 'Economics' started by Thunderdog, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. Have you outperformed him?

    You talk with some big guns, son.

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    #21     Feb 9, 2009
  2. I don't know if that's all that he said, but the thought did occur to me
     
    #22     Feb 9, 2009
  3. I'm not quite sure where you got the "blind" part.
     
    #23     Feb 9, 2009
  4. boo hoo hoo Nassim is a crybaby like Paul Crudman
     
    #24     Feb 9, 2009
  5. And here's the video for anyone interested who may have missed it:

    http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1027496846&play=1

    Good stuff.
     
    #25     Feb 9, 2009
  6. Taleb mentions :

    Change the system...cannot win with the same system....

    Cannot win with the SAME FACES SAME PLACES....

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    Both Roubini and Taleb get the deleveraging....

    Again, in simple terms there was $75 Trillion in a box....
    Over $30 Trillion was eliminated....

    The government wants to come to the rescue with amounts
    far less....from a diminishing tax base....and from non productive means....

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    This could not be clearer....

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    CNBC is the "Lemmings" channel.......

    They are terrible....in just about every way imaginable....
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    Lastly....Taleb and Roubini got it right ....had and have the correct vision....
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    Again ....cannot win with.....

    Same Faces Same Places
    Same Tax Structure
    Same political structure
    Same Stock Market Structure
    Same Banking Structure

    All must change....
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    My previous posts totally agree with Taleb and Roubini....

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    I like Obama because he is self made....
    But it is turning out that he is just another lawyer with a podium
    and has given no evidence that he knows anything about how to resolve economic issues....

    Hopefully he will change....

    But it does not look promising....in any way....

    To take action on failed concepts and erroneous thinking
    is not helpful....
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    #26     Feb 9, 2009
  7. jem

    jem

    I agree.... well said.

    I was hoping that Taleb might have mentioned that this crisis might not considered be a random event.

    I remember all the conspiracy guys saying the fed causes booms and busts. Right as the Greenspan was saying there is no real estate bubble and allowing credit standards to be relaxed to the point of insanity.

    110 percent loan to value and 5% kickout to the loan broker.

    As taleb said - these guys should not be part of the attempted fix. They are criminals or criminally stupid.
     
    #27     Feb 9, 2009
  8. Euler

    Euler

    And you really expect anyone to believe that a guy who's been the most vocal critic of the banks over the past several years is in fact being paid by those mysterious "elites who control everything" (whoever they are)...

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    #28     Feb 9, 2009
  9. I wonder if Greenspan was interviewed if he would be addressed as "bubble boy". How insulting these bozos from cnbc
    can't even address these guys by their names. scary!
     
    #29     Feb 9, 2009
  10. CNBC also has a vested interest in the status quo> I wouldnt be surprised to see them shut down sometime in the next three years
     
    #30     Feb 9, 2009