Danielle DiMartino Booth’s Reaction to Nassim Taleb Calling Bitcoin Trash

Valuetainment Economics, Released on 6/25/21 Patrick Bet-David Podcast Episode 70. In this short clip Patrick Bet-David, Adam Sosnick and Danielle DiMartino Booth talk about Nassim Taleb’s comments on bitcoin being worthless. Watch the full podcast: https://youtu.be/ouD4cnrSqeE Danielle DiMartino Booth is CEO & Chief Strategist for Quill Intelligence LLC, a research and analytics firm. She spent nine […]

Nassim Taleb calls bitcoin an ‘open Ponzi scheme’

CNBC, Released on 4/23/21 “There’s no connection between inflation and bitcoin,” Nassim Taleb, author of “Black Swan,” told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” team. “The best strategy for investors is to own things that produce yields in the future. In other words, you can fall back on real dollars coming out of the company.” Nassim Taleb spent […]

Nassim Taleb discusses risks he’s seeing in markets

CNBC, Released on 11/2/20 Nassim Taleb, Universa Investments scientific advisor and author of “The Black Swan,” joins “Squawk Box” to discuss what risks he seeing in the markets one day before the 2020 election as 10 months into the coronavirus pandemic. Nassim Taleb spent 20 years as a derivatives trader and, after closing 650,000 option […]

Nassim Taleb on Covid Misconceptions, Fed Policy, Inflation, Dollar Reserve Status

Bloomberg, Released on 9/22/20 Nassim Taleb, New York University distinguished professor of risk engineering, discusses what he sees as misconceptions about the coronavirus pandemic and comments on the Federal Reserve’s shift in monetary policy. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker. “The most underestimated risk in financial markets today is that the dollar ceases to be […]

Nassim Taleb discusses the next pandemic and how Trump brought socialism to America

RT, Released on 8/9/20 The COVID-19 pandemic came as an external shock, almost unprecedented. How can we navigate the uncertainty of the post-pandemic future? We talked to the author of bestselling books ‘The Black Swan’, ‘Antifragile’, and ‘Skin in the Game’, risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Nassim Taleb spent 20 years as a derivatives trader […]

Nassim Taleb: They spend trillions on nuclear weapons but can’t deliver virus testing

CNN, Released on 5/26/20 We live in a huge misallocation of resources. They focus on geopolitics not on the basic safety of citizens. Nassim Taleb spent 20 years as a derivatives trader and, after closing 650,000 option transactions and examining 200,000 risk reports, he changed careers in 2006 to become a scholar and philosophical essayist. […]

“Black Swan” Author Nassim Taleb On Coronavirus Pandemic Systemic Risks – ‘We Have So Many Unknowns’

CNBC, Released on 4/24/20 Nassim Taleb, Universa Investment’s scientific advisor and distinguished professor of risk engineering at NYU, warned of an acute virus spreading throughout the planet in his 2007 book “The Black Swan.” In January, he also warned of the systemic risks of the coronavirus pandemic. He joins “Squawk Box” to discuss. Nassim Taleb […]

Nassim Taleb: It would be ‘irresponsible’ to send people back to work now

Bloomberg, Released on 3/30/20 *This interview was recorded on March 30, 2020 Nassim Taleb, New York University distinguished professor of risk engineering, says a “white swan” event like the coronavirus pandemic was preventable. “They’re not bailing YOU out, they’re bailing out investors and corporations…they are bailing out those who did not have a buffer.” Nassim […]