Nouriel Roubini

IMF Nightmare Forecast: Economic Crisis Creates $4 Trillion In Toxic Assets

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business


Sheldon Filger

If there are any doubts remaining as to the severity of the global economic crisis, this most current estimate of the rot eating away at the global financial architecture should set them aside.

Roubini: Bank Takeovers Deepened Financial Market Crisis

Bloomberg | Lynn Thomasson and Thomas R. Keene | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business


Bank takeovers worsened the financial crisis by making firms that were already too big even bigger, said Nouriel Roubini, the New York University pro...

Jason Linkins

Jim Cramer Opens NYSE

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media


OH NOES! In celebration of CNBC's Mad Money, which has been straight up parting fools from their money for 1,000 episodes as of today, someone decide...

Roubini: CNBC's Jim Cramer A "Buffoon"

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business


TORONTO — CNBC's Jim Cramer has another feud on his hands. Just weeks after "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart took Cramer to task for trying to...

Arianna Discusses Banks and the Economy with Nouriel Roubini on CNBC's Squawk Box

Huff TV | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business


Huff TV

Arianna and the Squawk Box team talked with Nouriel Roubini on CNBC this morning. Hear Roubini's opinion on the latest plan to deal with toxic assets ...

Resuscitating CNBC with Reliable Rationale and Reason

Judith Ellis | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media


Judith Ellis

Squawk Box this Tuesday promises to be interesting with both professionalism and punch.

I'm Guest Hosting CNBC's Squawk Box, and I'd Love Your Suggestions

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.28.2009 | Home


Arianna Huffington

I'm going to be guest hosting CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning. Among my guests will be saw-the-meltdown-coming economist Nouriel Roubini, Black Swan author Nassim Taleb, and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank. I'd love to hear what questions you'd like me to ask them. Please put your suggestions in the comments section of this post, then tune in to CNBC from 7 to 9 am Tuesday morning. Memo To Obama's Economic Team: Get Some Sleep! Take the Steering Wheel out of Geithner's Hands Larry Summers: Brilliant Mind, Toxic Ideas Watch: Arianna Discusses Obama's Afghanistan Policy, Bank Bailout On Larry King Live, and Arianna Discusses Tim Geithner on Larry King Live

Roubini: Stocks To Drop, Banks To Nationalize

Bloomberg | Michael Patterson and Simon Kennedy | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


March 26 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks will fall and the government will nationalize more banks as the economy contracts through the end of 2009, said No...

Nouriel Roubini Backs Geithner Plan: NY Daily News

New York Daily News | Matthew Richardson and Nouriel Roubini | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business


For the economy to be viable, the financial system must be healthy. For this to occur, the system needs to be cleansed of its poorly performing loans ...

Did Eliot Spitzer Have to Go Down?

Judith Ellis | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics


Judith Ellis

I am not a conspiracy theorist, but is it coincidental that the sex scandal with Spitzer came out at such an opportune time?

Reports of the Death of Equities: Greatly Exaggerated

James Berman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Business


James Berman

The successful investors will be the ones who wait out this period and reap the rewards once the tide turns, which it will. Soon we hope.

Dear Mr President: Please Read Your Blogs -- (It's Not Like Eating Your Spinach)

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

It would be a bit disturbing if a president who has said he wants to hear the widest range of opinions on important issues would want to dismiss those who write blog posts.

Why Bailing Out Homeowners Will Not Fix the Housing Market

David Paul | Posted 04.01.2009 | Business


David Paul

The problem with these efforts is that they will not fix the fundamental problem, but instead will simply push the problem -- the loss of home equity -- onto the next generation of homebuyers.

Roubini: Temporary Bank Nationalization Is The Market-Friendly Solution

CNBC | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business


Nationalizing insolvent US banks is the best solution to avoid a Japan-like scenario in which 'zombie' financial institutions would eat up public reso...

Alpha Financial Dogs Nouriel Roubini and Nassim Taleb, Socks Clinton and First Annual Lucky Award given to Mickey Rourke!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 03.26.2009 | Style


Wendy Diamond

In honor of the 81st Academy Awards, I decided I wanted to start the first annual Lucky Awards. It's not about glamour, but the person or film and their contributions to a greater good.

Sam Stein

Bank Nationalization: "As American As Apple Pie"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics


Even before the panel discussion commenced, George Stephanopoulos knew that this would not, in actuality, be a debate. The topic was the nationalizati...

Why is Obama Reluctant to Kill the Zombie Banks Threatening Our Economy?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business


Arianna Huffington

The plan laid out -- or, more accurately, sketched out -- by Tim Geithner makes it very clear that he is on the wrong side of the issue, more worried about the banking industry than the American people.

Why Geithner's Banking Fix Won't Work

Henry Blodget | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business


Henry Blodget

The bottom line is that someone has to take the losses on the $1+ trillion of depreciating assets that are crushing bank balance sheets, and we taxpayers have woken up to the fact that we don't want it to be us.

Stimulus Package: If You Jump Halfway Across a Chasm You Fall Into the Abyss

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

If we are going to spend two trillion dollars (and most likely more) trying to deal with the economic crisis, shouldn't we do it right?

Rewarding Those Who Got It Right

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

Watch: Arianna Talks Blogging with Tavis Smiley Watch: Arianna Discusses Blagojevich on Larry King Watch: Arianna Discusses Blagojevich and Xmas Cookies on Morning Joe Watch: Arianna Debunks Obama Citizenship Rumors on Countdown Blagojevich: Character is Destiny

Roubini: Next Stop On Global Train Wreck Is China

Clusterstock | Henry Blodget | Posted 12.05.2008 | Business


Nouriel Roubini has been quiet for a few days, but you didn't think he was getting bullish, did you? Of course not. In fact, now that a global systemi...

Economy's 'Dr. Doom' Makes Heroic Call

Robert Reed | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago


Robert Reed

Banks and investment banks (especially) really screwed the pooch. Collectively, they took too many unwarranted risks and didn't have the capital--that's actual money in the sock--to withstand a collapse of the consumer credit market.

Nouriel Roubini: Recession Will Last At Least Two Years

CNBC | Posted 11.22.2008 | Business


The US economy is entering a two-year recession that will be longer and deeper than previously feared, said Nouriel Roubini, a well-known economist an...

Financial Crisis: What's Next

Charlie Rose | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business


Charlie Rose

Many say they never saw this financial turmoil coming, but that's not the case for Nouriel Roubini. The professor of economics and international busin...

Hank and the Swedish Model

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business


Howard A. Rodman

Can Hank have seen the light? Is he going to do what must be done? Is he going to take his Big Pile of Cash and buy us some banks?