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The concept of antifragility, presented by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in the book "Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder" (2012), is an approach to studying the ability of economic and financial systems not only to withstand external shocks but also to benefit from uncertainty, volatility and variability of the external environment.
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Концепция антихрупкости, представленная Насимом Николасом Талебом в книге «Антихрупкость. Как извлечь выгоду из хаоса» (2012), представляет собой подход к исследованию способности экономических и финансовых систем не только противостоять внешним потрясениям, но и получать преимущества от неопределённости, волатильности и изменчивости внешней среды.
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