Nouriel Roubini

Nouriel Roubini
Roubini in 2012
Born (1958-03-29) March 29, 1958
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityIranian-American
Academic background
Alma materBocconi University (B.A.)
Harvard University (Ph.D.)
InfluencesJeffrey Sachs
Larry Summers
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsNew York University
Website

Nouriel Roubini (Arabic: نوريل روبيني; born March 29, 1958) is a Turkish-born Iranian-American economic consultant, economist, speaker and writer. He is a professor emeritus since 2021 at the Stern School of Business of New York University.

Roubini earned a BA in political economics at Bocconi University in Italy and a doctorate in international economics at Harvard University. He was an academic at Yale and a researcher/advisor researching emerging markets. In the 1990s, during the Bill Clinton administration, for one year he was a senior economist in the Council of Economic Advisers. Roubini is a frequent critic of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.