You can tell people who come from countries w/rent seeking;… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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You can tell people who come from countries w/rent seeking; they think that business is zero-sum: wealth is money taken from others.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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You can tell people who come from countries w/rent seeking; they think that business is zero-sum: wealth is money taken from others. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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