Nouriel Roubini

Nouriel Roubini is an NYU economics professor who earned the nickname "Dr. Doom" for predicting the 2008 financial crisis before it became evident to mainstream economists. In a 2006 IMF presentation, he warned of an imminent housing bust and financial crisis that was dismissed at the time but proved accurate. He has since maintained a consistently pessimistic economic outlook, warning of debt crises, currency collapses, and systemic risks in the global financial system. He founded Roubini Macro Associates and writes regularly for financial media globally. His book "MegaThreats" (2022) extended his analytical framework to identify ten major long-term risks — including unsustainable debt levels, climate change, demographic aging, and the fragmentation of the global economy — that he argues will constrain growth and generate periodic financial crises over the coming decades, making a case for a fundamentally more challenging economic environment than the post-Cold War era of globalization and growth.