Alan Grayson and Nassim Taleb Talk Punishment

This is Nassim Taleb, the author of the best-selling book Black Swan, and Rep. Alan Grayson discussing Value-at-Risk models. Rep. Grayson asks how the people who lost $4T should be held accountable. The beginning of the video is Taleb talking about what 'talent' means on Wall Street in response to questions posed by another Representative, Charlie Wilson.

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[30percentplusreturns]

Why is grayson the only guy going after these bankers???????? Can it be because hes new in congress and not corrupted from payoffs from the banks?????????????????? Im sure 99% of congress has dirt and blood on their hands from this crisis.

[jeremyemilio]

Ummm... Why would you call me an idiot in one sentence and then in the next paraphrase my argument for me?

"The executives did a wonderful job at the top firms. They engaged in risky behaviour knowing full well that the government would pay for any mistake they made. This wasn't the free market. It is corporatism."

Precisely the point I was making. I have no democratic heroes... especially Obama. What exactly is your issue?

[abeismain]

2:16 This guy really wanted to say the most useless and stupid comment at that moment....wtf was he trying to achieve with that nonsensical comment! Makes me so angry..

[abeismain]

1:06 Dr. BOOKSTABER !?? LOL I'd love to stab those college books! Every year a new fucking edition, and every year $150 per book for people majoring in the sciences!

[gettingahandle]

They seem to be merely chatting over the mere possibility of giving a mere slap on the wrist

[idmji89]

a jew and an arab working together against the banks! thats a dream!

[Shad201]

Love this Guy..

[ujean56]

I'm not a partisan shill - you are - and an unwitting one at that. I don't recall ever comparing Bush to Hitler, you have me confused with someone else (although the comparison has historical significance outside simple gain-saying). There is no shoe on another foot. Grayson is not now, and never was the president, voted in with tremendous controversy and rule manipulation. All that aside, you have never made an argument. You have only made angry accusations and called me foul names, right?

[nagee76]

@ujean56 Oh please... partisan shills like you MORE THAN WELCOMED opinions from all over the world when Bush was compared to Hitler... Now that the shoe's on the other foot, and you suddenly become indignant ? I lived in the US for a decade and know more about your politics than you would know or care to learn no matter how long you live there....

You cannot stand criticism, dont come up with one cogent argument to debate and are a piss poor rep for your country. STFU

[ujean56]

@nagee76 If you're not an American, who do you think you are claiming you have anything at all to say about Grayson??? You're just a tourist. Why don't you comment on politics in your own country instead of playing your weird game of monkey see monkey say. Mind your own damn business will you? If you're lonely, there are tons of online dating services you could play around in.

[ujean56]

@nagee76 Sorry but I base my comments about FOX news viewers on statistical facts (see polls by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal), not on emotional knee jerk comments I picked up at a tea party rally hosted by Glen Beck and the Koch brothers. I have prejudice against FOX news (AKA Rupert Murdock). Not the viewers. I have prejudice against billionaires and status seekers willing to run for government office and say anything to keep the private funding and votes from the gullible flowing!

[nagee76]

@ujean56 Your blatant prejudice for "Fox news watchers" shows your ugly sense of partisanship. Those evil Fox news watchers are Americans.too...l just like you.. (btw, I am not American). They have these very same questions too. The fact that you will be defending a moronic flamethrower at the cost of deriding your own fellow American citizens is S-I-C-K. You have ZERO idea of how Washington "works".If you think Grayson was doing nothing more than a stunt, you are easily deceived.