Nassim Taleb, one of the world's most influential thought leaders in the area of statistics, spoke with Benzinga partner James Altucher this Tuesday. Only the second interview he's given in 2014, ...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb has devoted his life to immersing himself in problems of luck, randomness, human error, probability, and the philosophy of knowledge. He managed to transform his interests into ...

In this look at financial luck, hedge fund manager Taleb (Dynamic Hedging) addresses the apparently irrational movement of money markets around the world. Using his own investing experience and ...

Nassim Nicholas Taleb achieved notoriety with several books written before the housing crisis, criticizing the financial industry for putting so much faith in its predictions. He argued in “Fooled by ...

Nassim Taleb, New York University professor and author, speaks during the Bloomberg via Getty Images Markets 50 Summit in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. The one-day conference aims to ...