ClaimsNassim Taleb

“when I was a trader, I had a very, very, very complicated and very stiff ethical rules.”

Nassim Taleb, interviewee 10 July 2017 Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game (EconTalk) archived copy

Factual Philosophy, ethics and society

When Taleb was a trader he followed very complicated and strict ethical rules, such as never overcharging another trader.

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Reasoning

The claim concerns Taleb's own past trading practices, which could only be checked against his own or his former employers' records.

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Nassim Taleb, “When Taleb was a trader he followed very complicated and strict ethical rules, such as never overcharging another trader.” (said 10 July 2017). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_9fb39c0d1d12, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_9fb39c0d1d12

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