What is important to me is that when I write something, people listen to me. I provide my wisdom to people, whether they agree or not. Nouriel Roubini More Quotes by Nouriel Roubini More Quotes From Nouriel Roubini The gains from technology must be channeled to a broader base of the population than has benefited so far. Nouriel Roubini population gains technology In the history of modern capitalism, crises are the norm, not the exception. Nouriel Roubini modern economics crisis I believe in market economics. But to paraphrase Churchill - who said this about democracy and political regimes - a market economy might be the worst economic regime available, apart from the alternatives. I believe that people react to incentives, that incentives matter, and that prices reflect the way things should be allocated. But I also believe that market economies sometimes have market failures, and when these occur, there's a role for prudential - not excessive - regulation of the financial system. Nouriel Roubini political believe people I think investing in a good education has been key for me, although the investment was more in time than money. Nouriel Roubini investing keys thinking I think it's true that the 1 Percent or the elite are living in a world of, maybe, excessive privilege, and they don't fully realize how much pain and suffering, how much anxiety exists out there. Nouriel Roubini anxiety pain thinking You have to eventually nationalize US banks, you have to take the problem by the horns. In my view actually most of the US banking system is insolvent. Nouriel Roubini banking problem views I think globalization actually maintains and fosters various elements of national and cultural identities. I don't think everything is being homogenized. If anything, your food, your culture, and your ethnicity might become part of the globalized world, and thus absorbed by other countries. Nouriel Roubini ethnicity country thinking We're essentially continuing a system where profits are privatized and...losses socialized. Nouriel Roubini profit continuing loss I believe investors should invest for the long run, so I don't buy and sell. I usually maintain the classic index of global equities, diversified U.S. and global and emerging markets, and when the risk is larger, I diminish the amount in global equities and put more into liquid assets - but very irregularly. Nouriel Roubini running long believe Once you run current-account deficits, you depend on the kindness of strangers. This might be the beginning of the end of the American empire. Nouriel Roubini kindness running might The global financial crisis - missed by most analysts - shows that most forecasters are poor at pricing in economic/financial risks, let alone geopolitical ones. Nouriel Roubini economic financial risk If we didn't have greed, market economies wouldn't be as innovative as they are. But in my view, greed has to be contained by the fear of losses, so there has to be a system where, if you take too much risk, you go into bankruptcy. You don't systematically bail out people who take excessive risks. Nouriel Roubini views loss people I believe, unlike people that are totally free-market, laissez-faire fundamentalists, that there is an important role that the government can play - one, in providing public goods, whether it's education, health care, or other things, and two, supervising countercyclical policy - stimulus, whether it's monetary, fiscal, or otherwise. Nouriel Roubini play two believe A currency serves three functions: providing a means of payment, a unit of account and a store of value. Gold may be a store of value for wealth, but it is not a means of payment. You cannot pay for your groceries with it. Nor is it a unit of account. Prices of goods and services, and of financial assets, are not denominated in gold terms. Nouriel Roubini three gold mean Having spent 10 years studying emerging markets, I know that you have patterns repeated over and over again. A bubble is like a fire which needs oxygen to continue... when you see there is no oxygen, things change. Nouriel Roubini oxygen fire years I am just a normal human being - I am alive! Why is anyone surprised that I am human? Like many New Yorkers, I have a multifaceted life. Nouriel Roubini normal alive humans I am quite international. My background, born in Turkey. My family is a Jewish family from Iran, so I went from Turkey to Iran to Israel, and then grew up in Italy and ended up in U.S. for graduate school. So I tend to look at things from an international perspective, and I think that gives you a little bit of a broader view of what's going on. Nouriel Roubini israel school thinking Technology is spurring innovation, and the so-called "demographic dividend" has brought change. Nouriel Roubini demographics innovation technology What we need to understand is, one, that there are market failures; and two, that there are things like asset bubbles and irrational exuberance. There are periods of booms, bubbles, and manias. These things, if left to themselves, can lead to crashes, to busts, to panics. Nouriel Roubini panic two needs Edward Conard provides a provocative interpretation of the causes of the global financial crisis and the policies needed to return to rapid growth. Whether you agree or not, this analysis is well worth reading. Nouriel Roubini analysis growth reading
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