Jim's Quote of the Day:

Permalink

"Once again, recall the story of banks hiding explosive risks in their portfolios. It is not a good idea to trust corporations with matters such as rare events because the performance of these executives is not observable on a short-term basis, and they will game the system by showing good performance so they can get their yearly bonus. The Achilles’ heel of capitalism is that if you make corporations compete, it is sometimes the one that is most exposed to the negative Black Swan that will appear to be the most fit for survival." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007)

All Content on This Web Site Copyright 2005-2012 All Rights Reserved - James Wesley, Rawles - SurvivalBlog.com

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Jim Rawles published on June 2, 2009 9:25 PM.

Notes from JWR: was the previous entry in this blog.

Odds 'n Sods: is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

Visitor Map

Map

Statistics

counter customisable
Unique visits since July 2005. More than 300,000 unique visits per week.