Nouriel Roubini
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (June 2013) Nouriel Roubini Roubini at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, January 27, 2012 Born (1958-03-29) March 29, 1958 (age 56) Istanbul, Turkey Nationality American Institution New York University Field International economics School or tradition New Keynesian economics Alma mater Bocconi University (B.A. 1982) Harvard University (Ph.D. 1988) Influences John Maynard Keynes Hyman Minsky Larry Summers Jeffrey Sachs Information at IDEAS / RePEc Nouriel Roubini (born March 29, 1958) is an American economist. He teaches at New York University's Stern School of Business and is the chairman of Roubini Global Economics, an economic consultancy firm. The child of Iranian Jews, he was born in Turkey and grew up in Italy. After receiving a BA in political economics at Bocconi University, Milan and a doctorate in international economics at Harvard University, he became an academic at Yale and a practising economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Federal Reserve, World Bank, and Bank of Israel. Much of his early research focused on emerging markets. During the administration of President Bill Clinton, he was a senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisers, later moving to the United States Treasury Department as a senior adviser to Timothy Geithner, who in 2009 became Treasury Secretary.