Nouriel Roubini

Professor of Economics, New York University, USA.

Professor Roubini has extensive policy experience as well as broad academic credentials. From 1998-2000, he served as the Senior Economist for International Affairs at the White House Council of Economic Advisors and then the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department, helping to resolve the Asian and global financial crises amongst other issues. The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and numerous other prominent public and private institutions have also drawn upon his consulting expertise.

He has published over 70 theoretical empirical and policy papers on international macroeconomic issues and co-authored the books "Political Cycles : Theory and Evidence" (M.I.T. Press, 1997) and "Bailouts or Bail-ins ? Responding to Financial Crises in Emerging Markets" (Institute for International Economics, 2004). Professor Roubini‟s views on global economics issues are widely cited by the media, and his blog was named one of 20 "must-read" sources by the WSJ.

Professor Roubini is a frequent commentator on various business news programs. In addition to being cited daily by the media, The New York Times* published an editorial profile of Prof. Roubini which details his prediction of the current economic and financial crisis. The Financial Times has also provided extensive coverage of Nouriel‟s viewpoints. Professor Roubini received an undergraduate degree at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and a Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard University ; prior to joining Stern, he was a faculty member of the Economics Department at Yale University.

Notable Recognition

Mar 20, 2009 : Time Magazine made Nouriel a finalist in the TIME 100 World Most Influential People.
2009 : Institutional Investor named Nouriel one of the 50 Most Influential People in Finance.
2009 : IMF profiles Nouriel in Seeing Crises Clearly.
Dec 26, 2008 : Financial Times Names, Faces of the Crisis : Nouriel Roubini.
Dec 23, 2008 : WSJ‟s 2008 Lookback : Best Calls of the Year credits Nouriel for making one of the few calls that worked out well.
Aug 15, 2008 : The New York Times published an article Dr. Doom, crediting Nouriel for presciently predicting the brewing economic crisis.
2008 : Dr. Roubini named to Fortune Magazine’s list of "10 new gurus you should know". Where he was ranked #7 and quoted as saying, "I’m not going to say I told you so, but I did."
2008 : In 8 Who Saw the Crisis Coming (Roubini was ranked #2), Fortune Magazine wrote "In 2005, Roubini said home prices were riding a speculative wave that would soon sink the economy. Back then the professor was called a Cassandra. Now he’s a sage. Now that the financial crisis has been fully realized, Nouriel is being recognized for his early predictions about the global economic and financial future."
Feb 20, 2008 : New York Times article by Martin Wolf outlined Nouriel‟s "12 Steps to Financial Disaster".
1999 : the Roubini Global Macro Site was ranked #1 Economics Web Site in the world by the Economist. At that time it only had 10% of its current content.