Biography
PREDICTING THE UNTHINKABLE.
EXPLAINING THE INEVITABLE.
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ABOUT ROUBINI
Hard truths, bold foresight,
clear outcomes.
Dr. Nouriel Roubini is a world-renowned economist, advisor, educator, and portfolio manager, recognized globally for his expertise in international finance and economic policy. With decades of leadership across government, academia, and industry, he offers unparalleled insight into macroeconomic and geopolitical trends shaping the global economy.
Named by Time magazine as one of the “Top 100 Scientists and Thinkers,” Dr. Roubini earned international prominence for his accurate prediction of the 2008 global financial crisis—an achievement that cemented his reputation as one of the most influential and forward-looking voices in economics.
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. His work with Atlas focuses on fintech innovations that enhance resilience during global instability.
Dr. Roubini’s career includes senior policy and research roles at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the International Monetary Fund, the Federal Reserve, and the World Bank. He also co-founded Roubini Global Economics (RGE), a leading consultancy for financial analysis.
A prolific author and commentator, he has written extensively on global finance, systemic risk, and economic policy. His latest book, Megathreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future and How to Survive Them (2022), explores the vulnerabilities confronting the global economy. His earlier works include Political Cycles: Theory and Evidence (1997), Bailouts or Bail-ins? (2004), and the international bestseller Crisis Economics (2010). He contributes monthly columns to Project Syndicate, co-runs the economic research platform The BoomBust, and is a frequent presence on leading business networks. His insights have been profiled in The New York Times Magazine, Financial Times, and other premier outlets regularly seek his insights.
Dr. Roubini holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and a B.A. in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan.
Infuence & Impact
SHAPING ECONOMIC THOUGHT ACROSS GOVERNMENTS, MARKETS, AND MEDIA
"TIMES 100 SCIENTIST
AND THINKERS"
"FOREIGN POLICY TOP
100 GLOBAL THINKERS"
PROFILED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
AS 'THE WHO GOT IT RIGHT'
Dr, Roubini's views on global economic issues are widely sought and cited by the media.
CORE THEMES OF HIS GLOBAL BRIEFINGS
AI Leading to Secular Boom and Which Potential Risks
The Technologies and Industries of the Future and Their Impact on Growth: AI/ML, semiconductors, robotics and automaton, bio-medical research, quantum computing, defense tech space exploration and exploitation, ag-tech, renewable energy, fusion energy, fin-tech and blockchain, new material science, mobility revolution, new cryptography. Winners and losers within countries and across countries. Which impact on Productivity and Potential Grow
Impact of AI and Tech Innovation on Jobs and the Labor Markets: New Jobs of the Future or Mass Technological Unemployment
Is US Exceptionalism Over or Enhanced by the US Leadership in the Technologies of the Future?
Global Climate Change Economics: What Feasible Options?
US and Global Macroeconomic Outlook 2026: Goldilocks, or Recession or No Landing?
US Economic Outlook Under Trump: Which Upside or Downside Risks?
Outlook for the Fed, Other Central Banks and Central Bank Independence? Who Will Be the Next Fed Chair and How Dovish His Policies?
Is the US Dollar’s Exorbitant Privilege Over and De-Dollarization a Material Risk?
Will the US Dollar Weaken Over Time and Lose Its Global Reserve Currency Status?
Markets and Asset Prices Ahead: New Equity Market Highs or a Bursting Bubble?
Is AI in a Bubble or Some Frothiness or on the Way to Further Boom as AGI is Ahead of Us?
Economic and Market Impacts of Geopolitical Risks (Middle East including Israel-Iran, Russia-Ukraine, Venezuela, US-China)
Financial and Debt Crises Ahead and Where? Private and Public Debts Surging and the Risk of Fiscal Dominance
Will Large Private and Public Debt be Monetized Leading to Fiscal Dominance and Debasement of Fiat Currencies?
Higher Long Bond Yields as High Debt/Deficits Lead to Higher Financing Costs or Lower Yields as Economic Weakness, Risk-Off and Financial Repression Prevails?
Secular Stagflation Ahead Or Secular Boom?
Megathreats: How to Address them and Resolve Them?
Outlook for Crypto, Blockchain and Digital/Tokenized Assets
Future of Money and Payment Sustems (Domestic and Cross-Border): CBDCs, Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits or Crypto-Currencies ?
Future of Finance: Traditional Finance Revamped, Fin Tech or Decentralized Finance?
Mother of All Debt Crises Ahead? In Which Countries and Sectors?
Risks of Trade Wars, Deglobalization, Slobalization, De-Risking and De-Coupling
US-China Scenarios: Cooperation, Confrontation/Collision Course or Managed Strategic Competition?
China’s Economic Outlook for 2026: Soft or Hard or Bumpy Landing?
Who Will Win the Race for AI and the Technologies of the Future: US, China or Both?
End of the Rule-Based International Order: Move to Spheres of Influence or Global Rivalries About Global Hegemony Between the US and China?
Which Outlook for EU and Eurozone: Greater Integration or Dis-Integration?
Japan: A Rising or Declining Sun? Economic and Market Outlook
Will India Become an Economic and Geo-Political Superpower?
What is the Future of the BRICS? More Integration or Shambolic Coalition With Divergent Interests?
Risks and Opportunities in Emerging Markets: Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa
Backlash Against Liberal Democracy and Rise of Populism: Causes and Policy Solutions
Utopian or Dystopian Future for the World as AI and Geopolitical Risks Emerge?
Outlook for oil, energy markets and the Middle East economies
