Nouriel Roubini
Dr. Nouriel Roubini, also known as Dr. Doom, is one of the world’s leading economists and educators, best known for predicting the 2008 recession and for his gloom-and-doom prognostications on Wall Street. Dr. Roubini is Professor Emeritus at NYU's Stern School of Business, Chief Economist at Atlas Capital Team, CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, and Co-founder of TheBoomBust.com. He has extensive senior policy experience in the federal government, having served as a senior economist for international affairs in the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers and the International Monetary Fund, the US Federal Reserve, and the World Bank. He also served at the US Treasury Department, helping to resolve the Asian and global macroeconomic and market strategy research firm. In addition, Dr. Roubini was also the Co-Founder and Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, now Continuum Economics, an independent, global macroeconomic and market strategy firm. Today, his views on global economic issues are widely cited by the media, and he is a frequent commentator on various business news programs.
Nouriel Roubini Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor Emeritus
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Professor of Economics
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Co-Founder and Chairman, Roubini Global Economics
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Senior Economist for International Affairs, Council of Economic Advisors
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Associate Professor of Economics
Academic History
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Ph.D., Economics
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B.S., Economics
EXPERTISE
Dr. Roubini is one of the world's leading voices in global economics forecasting.
He has extensive policy experience as well as broad academic credentials.
He has published numerous theoretical, empirical and policy papers on international macroeconomic issues.
The IMF, the World Bank and numerous other prominent public and private institutions have drawn upon his consulting expertise.
He is recognized for his foresight into the risks that lie ahead for global economies in developing countries, emerging markets, and growth prospects of the U.S. and the West.
2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS PREDICTION
Dr. Roubini gained the nickname Dr. Doom when he predicted the worldwide economic collapse of 2008 with great accuracy two years in advance.
At a 2006 address to the International Monetary Fund, Dr. Roubini warned of the impending recession due to the credit and housing market bubble.
His predictions of the upside-down balance sheets became a reality in 2008, with the bubble bursting and turning into a global financial crisis.
EARLY CAREER
Under his leadership, Roubini Global Economics, now Continuum Economics, has been recognized as one of the best economics web resources by BusinessWeek, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and the Economist.
He served as the Senior Economist for International Affairs on the President's Council of Economic Advisors.
After that, he was named Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Dr. Roubini has been the subject of extended profiles in the New York Times Magazine, The Financial Times, among other leading current affairs publications.
The Financial Times has also provided extensive coverage of his perspectives.
He has also been featured or quoted in Business Insider, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, The Economic Times, Bloomberg, New York Post, Fortune, The Guardian, Financial Post, MarketWatch, Forbes, CoinDesk, Blockworks, and more.