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The Roubini Factor

13 commentaries

For Nouriel Roubini, one of the few economists who foresaw the 2008 financial meltdown, the global economy may be about to go from bad to worse. In these commentaries, written exclusively for Project Syndicate, Roubini provides compelling assessments of current and emerging threats to economic recovery and growth worldwide.

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  1. American Pie in the Sky
    89bc360446f86f380e583325_pa1348c.jpg Paul Lachine

    American Pie in the Sky

    Jul 20, 2012 Nouriel Roubini

  2. A Global Perfect Storm
    03468a0246f86f6008668a2e_dr4024.jpg Dean Rohrer

    A Global Perfect Storm

    Jun 15, 2012 Nouriel Roubini

  3. Europe’s Short Vacation
    9fc4dc0246f86fd818021844_jo3359c.jpg John Overmyer

    Europe’s Short Vacation

    Apr 13, 2012 Nouriel Roubini

  4. Scary Oil
    3036d90346f86f3410517400_jk694.jpg Jon Krause

    Scary Oil

    Mar 15, 2012 Nouriel Roubini

  5. The Uptick’s Downside
    45dabb02f863877419636a00_pa2599c.jpg Paul Lachine

    The Uptick’s Downside

    Feb 15, 2012 Nouriel Roubini

  6. The Straits of America
    6a52960246f86f8808a8130b_pa3227c.jpg Paul Lachine

    The Straits of America

    Jan 12, 2012 Nouriel Roubini

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    Economists’ Way Out of the Wilderness

    James K. Galbraith argues that the continued dominance of nineteenth-century thinking has resulted in a catalogue of failure.
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    Trump the Revolutionary Isolationist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    America's president subscribes to a brand of isolationism that has waxed and waned throughout US history, but has its roots in the two-century-old Monroe Doctrine. This is bad news for nearly everyone, because it implies acceptance of a world order based on spheres of influence, as envisioned by China and Russia.

    hears echoes of the Monroe Doctrine in the US president's threats to acquire Greenland.
  3. hubbard4_Chen MengtongChina News ServiceVCG via Getty Images_scottbessent Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images

    How the Trump Administration Can Hit Its Growth Target

    Glenn Hubbard urges policymakers to focus on the three pillars of increased productivity.
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    Trump’s First Test Will Be the Bond Market

    Jim O'Neill

    Financial markets and official economic indicators over the past few weeks give policymakers around the world plenty to contemplate. Was the recent spike in bond yields a sufficient warning to Donald Trump and his team, or will they still follow through with inflationary stimulus, tariff, and immigration policies?

    wonders if recent market signals will keep the new administration’s radicalism in check.
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    The TikTok Boomerang

    Angela Huyue Zhang thinks the US government's ban on the app has left it in an untenable position.
  6. delaney1_Jose JimenezGettyImages_bahamas_dorian Jose Jimenez/Getty Images

    Turning the Financial Tide for Small Island States

    Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.
  7. brown116_Timur MatahariGettyImages_indonesia_free_school_meals Timur Matahari/Getty Images

    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.
  8. karl3_Apu GomesGetty Images_LAfires Apu Gomes/Getty Images

    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.
  9. op_janeway17_Natalya KosarevichGetty Images_moneyhandslightbulb Natalya Kosarevich/Getty Images

    False Economies

    William H. Janeway highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.

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