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  1. Comment on What books are you reading nowadays? in ~misc

    JosVermeulen
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    He has useful insights though. And economists seem to be the people that know the least about financial systems, since their most popular theory has the 2008 crash as a 25 sigma event. Economists...

    He has useful insights though. And economists seem to be the people that know the least about financial systems, since their most popular theory has the 2008 crash as a 25 sigma event.

    Economists (and law makers) could learn a thing or two from reading about fat tail distributions and non-equilibruim theories. His concept of skin in the game is also something that's been applied for centuries and has only quite recently in history been removed.

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  2. Comment on What books are you reading nowadays? in ~misc

    JosVermeulen
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    Currently reading Skin In The Game by Nassim Taleb and Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli.

    Currently reading Skin In The Game by Nassim Taleb and Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli.

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