E-mail a friendJune 12, 2007
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff discusses the potential for the immigration reform bill. Former derivatives trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains his new book about the role of luck, The Black Swan.
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
A rabbi's son from Northern New Jersey, Michael Chertoff became the second Secretary of the newly created Department of Homeland Security in February 2005. Chertoff has been President Bush's point person on the recent immigration reform bill before Congress. He formerly served as a U.S. Circuit Judge and as Assistant Attorney General. He also served as Special Counsel for the U.S. Senate Whitewater Committee.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A former derivatives trader and researcher, Nassim Nicholas Taleb specializes in the risks of unpredicted rare events. His book, Fooled by Randomness, became a cult 'must read' on Wall Street and has been published in 19 languages. Taleb has a Ph.D. from the University of Paris and is the founder of Empirica LLC, a trading firm and risk research lab. On break as Dean's Professor in the Sciences of Uncertainty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, his latest book is The Black Swan.