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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the future of Capitalism

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Excerpt from International Business Times -- "NYU Economics Professor Nouriel 'Dr. Doom' Roubini said unless there's another round of massive fiscal stimulus or a universal debt restructuring, capitalism will continue to experience a crisis due to a systemic flaw first identified by economist Karl Marx more than a century ago."  Additional coverage appeared in International Business Times, Newser.com, The Australian, The National, Market Oracle, Romania Insider, The Economic Voice, two Guardian pieces, Financial Times Alphaville, GLOBES, Financial Times, Hurriyet Daily News, SocialistAlternative.org, Morning Star and ekathimerini.
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Prof. David Poltrack on the appeal of CBS's NCIS

Excerpt from Toronto.com -- “'I would argue that NCIS is just as much a phenomenon today as the major reality shows are,' says Poltrack."  Additional coverage appeared on Toronto.com and STLToday.com.
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Prof. Aswath Damodaran on "risk-free" investments

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Aswath Damodaran, a finance professor at New York University, says the true rate for a 'risk-free investment,' which had been assumed to be the 10-year Treasury yield, now needs to be “approximated,” a procedure heretofore required for emerging markets."
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Prof. Viral Acharya on the relationship between CDS and stocks

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Viral Acharya, a professor of financial economics at New York University, said that when CDS spreads widen, stock prices typically fall."
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Guaranteed to Fail, by NYU Stern faculty, is featured

Excerpt from Delanceyplace.com -- "Nevertheless, Fannie and Freddie do deserve special atten­tion. Currently, as of August 2010, the Treasury has injected a total of $148.2 billion into these entities."
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Prof. Lawrence White contributed to an article on Mitt Romney

Excerpt from The St. Petersburg Times -- "During the Republican presidential debate in Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 11, 2011, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney revived a line he first used in his June 2, 2011, presidential announcement at a farm in Stratham, N.H."
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Prof. Aswath Damodaran's book, The Little Book of Valuation, is cited

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Excerpt from Bankrate.com -- "Picking up a good book is another, cheaper way to go about it. One example: 'The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock, and Profit' by Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business."
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 Prof. Amity Shlaes on improving US job growth

Excerpt from the Reason Foundation -- "The single thing the U.S. could do to ensure long-term growth, including that of jobs, is to reform our Federal Reserve so that monetary policy is rules-based, not personality-based." Additional coverage appeared at Reason.com.
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In an op-ed, Prof. Amity Shlaes discusses Nixon's legacy

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Four decades ago, Richard Nixon announced his new economic policy, which included wage-and-price controls, disincentives to import, and the end of the gold-exchange standard." Additional coverage in The Providence Journal.
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Alessandro Gavazza’s research on trading frictions in real asset markets

Excerpt from Economics Week -- "This paper investigates how trading frictions vary with the thickness of the asset market by examining patterns of asset allocations and prices in commercial aircraft markets."
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Prof. Anindya Ghose's research on electronic markets

Excerpt from Economics Week -- "Finally, we estimate the efficiency gains that accrue from transactions in the relatively friction-free market and find that the electronic market can enhance consumer surplus by as much as $97.92 million per year."
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Vice Chairman of NYU Trustees and Chairman of the Board of Overseers William Berkley is quoted

Excerpt from PropertyCasualty360.com -- "'The risk of the unforeseen and the unpredictable has gotten much bigger,' says William R. Berkley."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini is cited as a co-author of the book, Crisis Economics

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Excerpt from The Boston Globe -- "Stephen Mihm, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, is the coauthor (with Nouriel Roubini) of 'Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance.'"
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini's predictions on quantitative easing are highlighted

Excerpt from The Hindu Business Line -- "Nouriel Roubini foresees that Quantitative Easing (QE) 3 could be followed by QE 4 and QE 5. This would, inevitably, generate strong inflationary pressures globally which would inevitably spread to emerging markets."  Additional coverage appeared in Malta Business Weekly and Equitymaster.com.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini predicts a double-dip recession

Excerpt from Manufacturing Business Technology -- "Is a double-dip recession a possibility, or even a probability, for the global economy? Nouriel Roubini, Chairman of Roubini Global Economics, says it is a 50-50 proposition right now." Additional coverage appeared on Moneycontrol.com, Bowery Boogie, San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Businessweek, JoonAng Daily, Epoch Times, Socialist Alternative and GlobalResearch.ca.
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Prof. Roy Smith on the hedge fund, Citadel

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'Citadel is a take-no-prisoners principal investor, not a financial-services provider to clients,' said Roy Smith, a finance professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business."
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Prof. Aswath Damodaran is named one of "Five Best B-School Profs"

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- "These five, with 109 years of collective experience, bring business alive, know their students’ names, and help them find jobs."
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An interview with Prof. Richard Sylla on the US stock market

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Excerpt from PBS Newshour -- "Given the rollercoaster behavior of the stock market over the past few weeks, we checked in with historian Richard Sylla, who teaches economics at New York University. We asked the professor, who focuses on the history of the markets, to help us put the recent sharp ups and downs in context."
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In an exclusive interview, Prof. Nouriel Roubini provides economic advice

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Economist Nouriel Roubini says the risk of a global recession is greater than 50 percent, and the next two to three months will reveal the economy's direction. In an interview with WSJ's Simon Constable, Roubini also says he's putting his money in cash." Additional coverage appeared in three Wall Street Journal pieces, a Wall Street Journal blog, DailyMarkets.com, Creditwritedowns.com, International Business Times, six MarketWatch pieces, two CNBC pieces, The Huffington Post, Barron's blog, The Globe and Mail, four Financial Post pieces, two The Australian pieces, Reuters blog, The Independent, Macedonian International News Agency, MSN Money, Yahoo! News, Heritage.org blog, GlobalResearch.ca, First Post, TIME blog, Atlanta Journal Constitution blog and The Dominion.
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the possibility of a US recession

Excerpt from Bloomberg TV -- "Nouriel Roubini, a New York University professor and the co-founder of Nouriel Roubini Global Economics LLC, Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., and Larry Kantor, head of research at Barclays Capital, offer their views on the possibility that the U.S. economy will fall back into recession." Additional coverage appeared on Bloomberg.
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Member of the NYU Stern Executive Board and Prof. Richard Bernstein (MBA '87) on volatility

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Richard Bernstein of Richard Bernstein Advisors will tell us how much longer the volatility will last, if we're near a bottom and where he's telling clients to put their money." Additional coverage appeared on CNBC.
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Prof. Daniel Altman's research on narcissism is referenced

Excerpt from the Louisville Courier-Journal -- "Altman says that Americans' hyper-can-do attitude is destroying the country. It's convincing all of us that we all can and will achieve an uncanny amount of success and wealth in our lives."
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Prof. Viral Acharya on Bank of America

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Excerpt from PBS Nightly Business Report -- "Bank of America`s somewhat greater exposure to the mortgage and its greater leverage have made it particularly vulnerable."
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Prof. David Backus on consumer spending

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "David Backus, an economics professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, says consumer spending as a percentage of gross domestic product has remained steady, and actually increased as the GDP dipped after the recession."