Nassim Taleb mentioned The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith 4 times

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The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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  1. 3- Current bibles: The Bible, Wealth of Nations, Das Kapital, Works by Aquinas, Montaigne, etc. They fail editorial criteria. Editors don't understand books, Academics don't get scholarship. Why?@rorysutherland : employees' objective is minimizing blame in case of failure.

    — Nassim Taleb

    2018-12-07 on twitter.com
  2. My recommendation seemed impractical, but, after a while, the student developed a culture in original texts such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Hayek, texts he believes he will cite at the age of eighty. He told me that after his detoxification, he realized that all his peers do is read timely material that becomes instantly obsolete.

    — Nassim Taleb

    2012-11-27 in Antifragile

  3. In Book IV of The Wealth of Nations, Smith was extremely chary of the idea of giving someone upside without downside and had doubts about the limited liability of joint-stock companies (the ancestor of the modern limited liability corporation).

    — Nassim Taleb

    2012-11-27 in Antifragile

  4. This is a landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.

    — Nassim Taleb

    2011-10-25 on amazon.com