Roubini: 2nd Half Looking Worse, Double Dip Over 40% Likely

Nouriel Roubini, or “Dr. Doom” as he’s also known, is a New York University professor and co-founder of Roubini Global Economics. As his nickname implies, his opinions tend to be on the gloomy side, and in this recent interview he describes “monetary policy as impotent” and estimates a GDP growth rate in this year’s second half of, well, just about zero percent.

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US Job Recovery Needs the Help of Angels

As we’ve written before, large corporations, especially the kind that have been first in line for bailouts, are not the economy’s main source of new job creation. Instead, start ups  and entrepreneurial companies contribute most to adding new jobs in the sectors of the US economy where there are growing markets and emerging opportunities.

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For Now, Emerging Markets Leading the Way

Given the not very confidence-inspiring “recovery” taking place in the US — as witnessed in part with the recently released job market figures — writer Robert Lenzner keeps his eye on a more convincing prize in the emerging markets.

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