Why did the Crisis of 2008 Happen?
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
NYU-Poly
August 26, 2010
Abstract:
This paper - while a standalone invited essay written for a special crisis issue of New Political Economy - synthesizes the various technical documents by the author as related to the financial crisis. It can also be used as a technical companion to The Black Swan (2007-2010).
Number of Pages in PDF File: 5
Keywords: Black Swan, Risk Management, Finance, Markets, Crisis
JEL Classification: D8, G11, G12, G13, N
working papers series
Suggested Citation
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, Why did the Crisis of 2008 Happen? (August 26, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1666042 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1666042
