He published his first book, Fooled by Randomness, in 2001. Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman is a fan and called him “one of the world’s top intellectuals.” According to the latest Social Science Research Network statistics, Taleb’s academic papers are among the most downloaded, earning him god-like status from students and envy from researchers and academics. His books and theories provoke strong reactions from critics and acolytes alike. An ex-Wall Street derivatives trader turned author and academic, Taleb is a professor of risk engineering at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute, a scholar at Oxford, and a popular draw on the international lecture circuit. Taleb is accustomed to conflict and controversy in fact, he claims it makes him stronger. This is quintessential Taleb – unafraid to take his battle against economists, academics and bankers to one of their elite breeding grounds. His declaration draws laughter and loud applause. “Before we had economists, the world was functioning very well,” Nassim Nicholas Taleb tells a packed auditorium at the London School of Economics.
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