Ep. 136: Nouriel Roubini on World War 3 Starting, Debt Crisis and Robot Takeover

Nouriel Roubini is CEO of Roubini Macro Associates and Chief Economist for Atlas Capital Team LP. He is Professor Emeritus at the Stern School of Business (New York University). He has previously served as the senior economist for international affairs on the White House Council of Economic Advisors and then the senior advisor to the undersecretary for international affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department. He’s the author of many books including his latest: Megathreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future And How To Survive Them. In this podcast we discuss:

1. Is Marxism useful?
2. Will technology lead to more stability or instability?
3. The implications of high debt levels.
4. Will inflation fix the debt problem?
5. Chances of stagflation.
6. Which balance sheets look worrisome.
7. What causes income inequality.
8. Risks of the euro-zone breaking up.
9. The growing US-China cold war.
10. Chances of World War 3.
11. Climate change risks.
12. Are central bankers incompetent?
13. Preferred asset allocation stance.
14. Books mentioned: Destined for War (Allison).

You can see Roubini’s new book here, his regular columns here and his homepage here.

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