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Regardless of the color, Nassim Taleb is calling a swan a swan. Taleb, perhaps best known for his 2007 book “The Black Swan,” is renewing his public concern about the state of the economy. A black swan is defined by Oxford Languages as “an unpredictable or unforeseen event.” Taleb defined the concept a bit further, […]
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Nassim Taleb. Mohd Zakir/Getty Images The US is headed for a debt “death spiral” if politicians don’t rein in spending, Nassim Taleb said. “The Black Swan” author said debt troubles will continue if Congress can’t “A debt spiral is like a death […]
Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb said the US deficit is swelling to a point that it would take a miracle to reverse the damage. “So long as you have Congress keep extending the debt limit and doing deals because they’re afraid of the consequences of doing the right thing, that’s the political structure of […]
Crownsville patients work in the hospital’s fields in the 1910s. Maryland State Archives/Hatchette hide caption toggle caption Maryland State Archives/Hatchette Crownsville patients work in the hospital’s fields in the 1910s. Maryland State Archives/Hatchette From the outside, the Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland, which opened in Crownsville, Md., in 1911, looked like a farm, […]
Author of Black America has hope, if U.S. looks to the past for answers NBC News Source link
Have you ever called yourself a perfectionist? It might sound like a good thing, but in practice, perfectionism can perform more like procrastination – and waiting for perfect scenarios can prevent us from getting the credit and success we deserve. In her book “Stop Waiting for Perfect: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and Into […]
Listen to this article here Hill Harper, a well-known actor, entrepreneur and inspirational author, has thrown his hat into the ring for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan on a progressive platform. Facing a contested field of Democratic primary opponents, Harper, 57, is running as a progressive candidate. Harper is known for his roles on […]
The best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert said Monday that she had indefinitely delayed the publication of her upcoming book after she was criticized online for writing a novel set in Russia. The move comes as publishers and institutions struggle with how to handle Russian art and literature as the war in Ukraine rages on. The uproar […]
MARTIN BOURKE Award-winning author Bernardine Evaristo. CNN — In a literary landscape where narratives of Africa have long been overlooked or distorted, award-winning British author Bernardine Evaristo is supporting emerging voices from the continent. With a career spanning four decades, Evaristo garnered international acclaim in 2019 as the first Black woman to win the Booker […]
WASHINGTON — Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather, who brought to life the Great Plains of Nebraska, is now honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol, becoming the 12th woman represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection. U.S. and Nebraska lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled the bronze figure of the woman who wrote the widely acclaimed […]