Nouriel Roubini is a world-renowned economist and strategist, known for his prescient warnings of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and for shaping debate on the world’s most urgent macroeconomic risks.
He is Chairman and CEO of Roubini Macro Associates, LLC, a New York–based consultancy providing strategic macroeconomic analysis. He also serves as Senior Economic Strategist to Hudson Bay Capital, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Brevan Howard Macro Venture Fund, Chief Economist and Portfolio Manager at Atlas Capital Team, and is Professor Emeritus of Economics at NYU’s Stern School of Business.
An expert of economic and financial crisis having studied them as an academic researcher, policy maker, economic consultant, public speaker and intellectual, Roubini delivers unmatched insight on Geopolitical Risk & Strategy, Macro & Market Outlook, Climate and Sustainability Challenges, and New Technological Innovations. The intersection of all to lends understanding, strategies and clarity for successfully navigating the Global Economic Future.
Dr. Roubini delivers keynote addresses and participates in high-profile panels worldwide, sharing insights on global economic trends, trade policies, and market dynamics.
A collection of sharp, forward-looking works on economics, policy, and crisis, each written to decode complex risks before they break into public view.
Perhaps useful to point out that history rhymes: this is effectively what happened with telephone operators, 100 years ago. Young, entry-level operators, whose work was mainly connecting local calls--the simplest version of the job--and not much else, were wiped out by automatic
1/10 The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would cost Iran approximately $276M/day in lost exports and disrupt $159M/day in imports, a combined economic damage of ~$435M/day, or $13B/month.
Over 90% of Iran's $109.7B in annual trade transits the Persian Gulf. Oil/gas
The University of Michigan has been conducting a consumer confidence survey for 74 years (starting in 1952). The lowest reading in this history is the number out today for April 2026 at 47.6.
The commentary from the University of Michigan attributes it solely to the war, since