video: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/542.html
Subject: Brasscheck TV: Fooled by globalization Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 5:26 AM Globalization... The big banks wanted it...the huge industrial cartels wanted it...agribusiness wanted it... all the "policy experts" pushed it...and White House criminals like Bill Clinton and George Bush railroaded it. Who didn't want it? Labor unions...small farmers...citizens concerned about the sovereignty of their own countries...human rights activists. Well, we're economically "globalized" now. And here's what one of the leading mathematicians in the world and one of the currently most successful options traders in the world has to say about the potential consequences. Make sure you're sitting down and don't operate heavy machinery right after watching this. Details: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/542.html - Brasscheck === Vicky Davis: These two guys - Taleb and Mandalbrot are right: over optimization, too many resources in too few hands. ####### video: After Words with Nassim Taleb [The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable], Nassim Nicholas Taleb talked about his book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, published by Random House. In his book Mr. Taleb argues that people are too focused on what they already understand and reluctant to engage in what they don't know. He described improbable events that have had a great effect on the world, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the creation and success of Google. He contended that these "black swans" challenge our concept of randomness and the unknown. The guest interviewer was David Brooks. Nassim Taleb is a former Sciences of Uncertainty professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is the author of Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life. Event Date: 08/28/2007 Last Airing: 01/01/2008 Program Id: 200675-1 http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=200675-1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
