Nouriel Roubini, author at Social Europe

Trump Can’t Kill the Boom: Why the US Economy Will Roar Despite Him

Markets, innovation, and AI are overpowering Trump’s chaos—and pushing America toward 4% growth, recession or not.

The Main Street manifesto

The historic protests which have swept America were long overdue, not just as a response to racism and police violence but also as a revolt against entrenched plutocracy.

The Global Growth Funk

Nouriel Roubini

The International Monetary Fund and others have recently revised downward their forecasts for global growth – yet again. Little wonder: The world economy has few

Unconventional Monetary Policy On Stilts

Nouriel Roubini

With most advanced economies experiencing anemic recoveries from the 2008 financial crisis, their central banks have been forced to move from conventional monetary policy –

The Global Economy’s New Abnormal

Nouriel Roubini

Since the beginning of the year, the world economy has faced a new bout of severe financial market volatility, marked by sharply falling prices for

Is Europe Doomed To Collapse?

Nouriel Roubini

I am on a two-week European tour at a time that could make one either very pessimistic or constructively optimistic about Europe’s prospects. First the

Europe’s Politics Of Dystopia

Nouriel Roubini

The recent victory of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland confirms a recent trend in Europe: the rise of illiberal state capitalism,

Are Negative Interest Rates Good For Growth?

Nouriel Roubini

Monetary policy has become increasingly unconventional in the last six years, with central banks implementing zero-interest-rate policies, quantitative easing, credit easing, forward guidance, and unlimited

Will Technology Destroy Jobs?

Nouriel Roubini

Technology innovators and CEOs seem positively giddy nowadays about what the future will bring. New manufacturing technologies have generated feverish excitement about what some see

The Global Economy And The Return Of Currency Wars

Nouriel Roubini

The recent decision by the Bank of Japan to increase the scope of its quantitative easing is a signal that another round of currency wars may be

The Single-Engine Global Economy

Nouriel Roubini

The global economy is like a jetliner that needs all of its engines operational to take off and steer clear of clouds and storms. Unfortunately,

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