Nassim Taleb on His Next Book Arnold Kling By Arnold Kling, Jan 18 2012 SHARE POST: He talks with Russ Roberts. It’s about how we should act when we don’t know what we are doing. It’s a great conversation. Note the case that Taleb makes for simple heuristics.
Jan 19 2012 Institutional Economics Making Taleb's Point Arnold Kling Frances Beinecke writes, Over the past several weeks, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been in the news for its stance on antibiotic use in farm animals. Yet instead of making good on its 1977 promise to limit these drugs in livestock, the agency is moving in the opposite direction. The latest developments r... 6 Read More
Jan 19 2012 Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Blogs, Journals, and Economists Arnold Kling Paul Krugman writes, doesn't this [the Internet] allow a lot of really bad economics to circulate? Yes, but is it really any worse than it used to be? As I've tried to explain, the notion of journals as gatekeepers was largely fictional even 25 years ago. And I have a somewhat jaundiced view of how the whole refereein... 6 Read More
Jan 18 2012 Books: Reviews and Suggested Readings Nassim Taleb on His Next Book Arnold Kling He talks with Russ Roberts. It's about how we should act when we don't know what we are doing. It's a great conversation. Note the case that Taleb makes for simple heuristics. 6 Read More