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What Nassim Nicholas Taleb has said about federal reserve
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and former options trader. 4 statements from October 10, 2026 to October 26, 2026, each quoted word for word from the original and checked before publication. Newest first.
- October 26, 2026 · on X
“Bessent is saying: the house is still on fire, and far more of it has burned down than when we inherited it—but the flames are spreading somewhat more slowly (which is actually wrong). Fucking idiot, irresponsible idiot.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Warns Economy Still 'On Fire,' Calls Bessent 'Irresponsible Idiot' →
- October 16, 2026 · on X
“Another way the current administration is trapped in the ZERO-SUM FALLACY: The H-1B visa situation. + You are NOT taking a job from a citizen, rather creating jobs by increasing overal economic output. Plus these people (even vegetarians) SPEND locally. + The US has long been benefiting from other countries' brain drain; without it its edge wd collapse. Tesla, Von Braun, von Neumann, Fermi & Einstein did NOT each take the job of a citizen. + It the problem is anti-Indian racism, say it, don't play games.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Rejects Zero-Sum Fallacy on H-1B Visas →
- October 13, 2026 · on X
“BESSENT STOP BULLSHITTING Borrowing costs are up 20%, deficit exploding, Oil shock doesn't show YET in 'core' inflation, which excludes food & energy; consumers squeezed at the grocery store & the winter is coming. Plus unlike 1973 globalization=energy dependence. #LydianStone”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Warns of Exploding Deficit and Squeezed Consumers →
- October 10, 2026 · on X
“Trump is behind a debt spiral, adding 42% to the total debt & ~2% borrowing costs. The debt spiral is unavoidable no matter what Bessent bullshits abt it. It has nothing to do with being Republican, conservative, on the 'right', or nationalist. It is just fiscal incompetence.”
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