Banish the Black Swan

Sun, 10/23/2011 - 19:33

 On Bloomberg, my column about how the once-useful term black swan has been trivialized and overused into an excuse for bad planning and lack of foresight. 

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Thu, 02/09/2012 - 07:01 — BBC iplayer

Banish

People that dont't understand the true meaning of this expression should be banished!

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 04:49 — Ioana Radu

How things are

It is amazing how simple terms become means of expressing more than meets the eye.

Wed, 10/26/2011 - 10:34 — dave

Today everything is either a

Today everything is either a black swan or a bubble. But this is crazy. By definition a black swan or bubble must be a rare event that comes way out of left field. However, there seems to be an "industry" that is trying to "manufacture" black swans or bubbles to a gullible public.

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