Andrew Collier (philosopher) (1944–2014) British philosopher
Source: "The Masters of Suspicion", p. 85
2009, "The nation is waiting for a strong, experienced leader", 2009
Context: You tell me, since Independence, in the field of justice delivery, has so much work been accomplished anywhere? But, for news traders, these things perhaps are not saleable. Now you tell me if these things are pro-poor or not.
Andrew Collier (philosopher) (1944–2014) British philosopher
Source: "The Masters of Suspicion", p. 85
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book Fooled by Randomness
Source: Five: Survival of the Least Fit—Can Evolution be Fool by Randomness | A Review of Market Fools of Randomness Constants | The Traits They Shared
Fooled by Randomness (2001)
Ed Seykota (1946) American commodities trader
Source: Schwager, Market Wizards, page 166
“Perhaps the light will prove another tyranny.
Who knows what new things it will expose?”
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) Greek poet
The Windows http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=137&cat=1 <br class="br">Collected Poems (1992) <br class="br">Context: It will be a great relief when a window opens.<br>But the windows are not there to be found —<br>or at least I cannot find them. And perhaps<br>it is better that I don’t find them.<br>Perhaps the light will prove another tyranny.<br>Who knows what new things it will expose?
Didier Sornette (1957) French scientist
Source: Why Stock Markets Crash - Critical Events in Complex Systems (2003), Chapter 6, Hierarchies, Complex Fractal Dimensions, And Log Periodicity, p. 182.
“Jack is the showman—the brassy frontman and the snake-oil trader.”
Jack White (1975) American musician and record producer
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“The price of a stock is strongly influenced by the behavior of the traders in a nontrivial way.”
Didier Sornette (1957) French scientist
Source: Why Stock Markets Crash - Critical Events in Complex Systems (2003), Chapter 6, Hierarchies, Complex Fractal Dimensions, And Log Periodicity, p. 183.
J.A. Hobson (1858–1940) English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism
p, 125
The Morals of Economic Irrationalism (1920)