Brian Romanchuk — Comments On "Skin In The Game"

Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life is the latest instalment of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Incerto series, which is "a combination of a) practical discussions b) philosophical tales, and c) scientific and analytical commentary on the problems of randomness, and how to live, eat, sleep, argue, fight, befriend, work, have fun, and make decisions under uncertainty" (description from the Introduction). This article is a limited review of some of the aspects of the discussion of the book that relates to economics and finance. My beat is bond market economics, I am not here to offer advice on how to live, eat, sleep, etc. As a result, my discussion here is not really enough information to decide whether to buy the book or not, instead, I am just discussing a few points that intersect with the subjects I normally discuss....

Bond Economics
Comments On "Skin In The Game"
Brian Romanchuk

Eliana Johnson and Eli Stokols — What Steve Bannon Wants You to Read

Some intellectual foundations of the movement that led to Trump's election. Alt-right is only an aspect of it. This article explores other influences.

Politico
What Steve Bannon Wants You to Read
Eliana Johnson and Eli Stokols, national politics reporters at Politico.

Math Problems

Assessing this is beyond my math chops to assess, but it is an interesting criticism of the use of math in economic by two math guys. 

Somewhat wonkish, but all verbal explanation. No math, although some familiarity with the context is required. Even without knowing the details, anyone should be able to catch the drift of these relatively short posts without being familiar with the references. 

The claim is that "mistakes were made."

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Blog
Inequality and Skin in the Game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, scientific adviser at Universa Investments

This was posted in 2011 but it is still relevant.

Rick Bookstaber Blog
A Crack in the Foundation: An error that has wended its way through economics for 77 years

Rick Bookstaber | Research Principal in the Office of Financial Research

Jerry Khachoyan — The Hyperinflation Bet Never Made Sense

I’m going to be blunt here. The hyperinflation (in the United States of America) bet never made sense.

Here’s Why.

The Armo Trader
The Hyperinflation Bet Never Made Sense
Jerry Khachoyan