Megathreats

Resumen del libro

The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading toward the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats.

Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed "Dr. Doom," until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Recession came true - when it was too late. Now he is back with a much scarier prediction, one that we ignore at our peril.

There are no fewer than ten overlapping, interconnected threats that are so serious, he calls them Megathreats. From the worst debt crisis the world has ever seen, to governments pumping out too much money, to borders that are blocked to workers and to many shipments of goods, to the rise of a new superpower competition between China and the U.S., to climate change that strikes directly at our most populated cities, we are facing not one, not two, but ten causes of disaster. There is a slight chance we can avoid them, if we come to our senses - but we must act now.

Biografía del autor

Nouriel Roubini es uno de los analistas económicos más influyentes del mundo. Es profesor de Economía en la Stern School of Business de la Universidad de Nueva York y fundador y presidente de Roubini Global Economics.<br> Recibió su título universitario en la Universidad Bocconi en Milán y su doctorado en Economía en la Universidad de Harvard. Antes de unirse a Stern, formó parte del cuerpo docente del departamento de economía de la Universidad de Yale.<br> Ha sido economista sénior de asuntos internacionales en el Consejo de Asesores Económicos de la Casa Blanca y ha trabajado para el Fondo Monetario Internacional, la Reserva Federal de EE. UU. y el Banco Mundial.<br> Su columna mensual de Project Syndicate se publica en más de 100 países en 29 idiomas, en las cabeceras más importantes del mundo. En la actualidad vive en Nueva York.