Nassim Taleb on Ben Bernanke, the Fed and QE2

Nassim Taleb tears into Ben Bernanke's monetary policy, specifically the Federal Reserve's recently announced round of Quantitative Easing known as QE2. Among other charges, Taleb claims Bernanke has a highly flawed understanding of risk.

Nassim Taleb : The Fed Doesnt Understand Risks of Quantitative Easing

"Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb appeared on Bloomberg Television's "Inside Track" this morning to talk about QE2. Taleb compared U.S. central bank policy makers to the managers of Long-Term Capital Management LP, the hedge fund that failed in 1998.

Roubini : QE2 is a necessary evil

In an interview with Reuters on Nov 23 Nouriel Roubini professor of economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University said that he expect to see the Eurozone eventually shrinking to fewer members regarding the Quantitative Easing in the US Roubini says : my view it is a necessary evil because growth is well below potential , inflation is low and falling , the tail risk of deflation and double dip was sharp in the summer and one of the reasons that that tail risk was somehow reduced is because Ben Bernanke pre announced QE2 in August already and since then stock market went up government bond yields went down ....etc...

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Roubini : US remains on an unsustainable fiscal course

"The risk ... is that something on the fiscal side will snap ... The trigger could be a debt rollover crisis in a major US state government," "The worst of the coming fiscal train wreck will be prevented by the Fed's easing. But the risk is (Obama) ... will then preside over ... a Japanese style stagnation, where growth is barely positive, and deflationary pressures and high unemployment linger." Roubini wrote in a commentary for the Financial Times

Roubini : Global Tensions Getting Worse

Nov. 12 2010 | Nouriel Roubini talked to CNBC about the mulit-speed recovery and why he thinks global tensions are getting worse.

Nouriel Roubini on Europe, QE2 and China

Nouriel Roubini on Europe, Quantitative Easing 2 & China


"The ECB should provide more financial liquidity in the financial system," Nouriel Roubini, co-founder & chairman of RGE Monitor told CNBC.

Nassim Taleb on Ben Bernanke, the Fed and QE2

Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- You gotta watch this. Nassim Taleb, New York University professor and author of "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable," discusses the Federal Reserve's decision to initiate another round of quantitative easing. Taleb, speaking with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "Inside Track," also talks about his new book "The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms."