Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960) is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, former options trader, and risk analyst best known for his work on randomness, probability, and uncertainty. He is the author of the Incerto series, which includes Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, Antifragile, The Bed of Procrustes, and Skin in the Game. Taleb has held academic positions (including Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering), worked in derivatives trading and hedge funds, and has been an adviser to Universa Investments. His writing mixes philosophy, practical insight on risk, and critique of conventional economic and statistical approaches.
Awards
['Bruno Leoni Award', 'Wolfram Innovator Award']
Notable Works
['Fooled by Randomness', 'The Black Swan', 'Antifragile', 'The Bed of Procrustes', 'Skin in the Game']
Books We Have in Stock
Fooled by Randomness The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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Skin in the Game Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan: Second Edition The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
