Skin in the Game has arguments that may be deemed somewhat questionable to the critical eye. However, one needs to realise that Taleb’s charm does not lie in making correct arguments.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
Mukul’s critique is matter of fact and gives an idea of what to expect in Skin in the Game. At places, he doesn’t give an impression of being happy with Taleb’s latest work. Could it not be that what Mukul describes is lack of new ideas, is actually an extension of already established ideas by Taleb in his earlier works?
It seems that the best thing to do is to read Antifragile first and then go on to Skin in the Game.
Mukul’s critique is matter of fact and gives an idea of what to expect in Skin in the Game. At places, he doesn’t give an impression of being happy with Taleb’s latest work. Could it not be that what Mukul describes is lack of new ideas, is actually an extension of already established ideas by Taleb in his earlier works?
It seems that the best thing to do is to read Antifragile first and then go on to Skin in the Game.