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Ron Paul Interviews Nassim Taleb:

• zerohedge.com by Tyler Durden

Why do career bureaucrats in Washington keep pushing military interventionism and irresponsible monetary policies? Because they face zero risk from the consequences of their decisions, said Nassim Nicholas Taleb during an appearance on the Liberty Report with former Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul and his co-host Daniel McAdams.

The conversation focused on some of the themes from Taleb's upcoming book, "Skin in the Game," which will be out later this year, including how the homogenous intellectual elite who shape American foreign policy have managed to stay in power despite decades of persistently advancing foolish interventionist policies.

Taleb even offered this colorful comparison:

"Let's imagine you have pilots who were absolutely unharmed by crashes. People are stupid enough to put them back on planes. Then they would crash a plane, kill all passenger and continue. Well, that system would lead to complete systemic destruction."

"And that's what we have now with our foreign policy."


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