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An excerpt from Baruch Lev's book, "Winning Investors Over," is featured

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Excerpt from Strategy + Business -- "The main advantage of my CSR maxim is that, in contrast to the oft-suggested innocuous slogans — CSR should be an integral part of the company’s strategy, CSR should be embedded in the corporate genes, doing good while doing well, and the like — my 'anything you, the shareholder, can do, I can do better' criterion is operational."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on the chance of recessions in the US, UK and euro zone

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Europe’s debt crisis has stoked concern that the region may slip into recession, endangering the global expansion. There is a 50 percent chance of recessions in the U.S., the U.K. and euro zone economies in the next 12 months, Nouriel Roubini, co- founder of Roubini Global Economics LLC, said in October. " Additional coverage appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Prof. Nicholas Economides on the Greek economy

Excerpt from Il Fatto Quotidiano -- "Everybody knew that the program imposed on Greece in May 2010 would not work (Italian to English translation)."
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Prof. Amity Shlaes's book, "The Forgotten Man," is cited

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Excerpt from National Post -- "These revelations are sparked by his review of a history entitled 'The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression' by Amity Shlaes."
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Assistant Dean Pamela Mittman shares her positive employment outlook for NYU Stern grads

Excerpt from EconoPlay -- “On‐campus interviews start in January, and the expected corporate presence is healthy and consistent with last year.”
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence and Prof. Thomas Philippon on economic trends to watch in 2012

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Excerpt from Council on Foreign Relations -- "The main trend in 2012 is volatility, with the preponderance of extreme macroeconomic risk on the downside. It is a two scenarios environment with roughly equal weight, with the center of global risk located in Europe." Additional coverage appeared in The Wall Street Journal and Saudi Gazette.
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Prof. Anindya Ghose on how much data a person generates daily

Excerpt from Hear the Answer -- "Ghose says that over the past few years, people have migrated from offline interactions to online conversations at an incredibly fast rate - and in the process, they've generated a mind-blowing amount of data."
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Prof. Nicholas Economides on the problems with labor market restrictions

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Excerpt from Global Finance Magazine -- "Wages in the public sector have been falling—but in an inappropriate fashion, according to Nicholas Economides, professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He explains how the government failed to evaluate civil servants to determine who was redundant and who was effective."
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NYU Trustee & Board of Overseers Member Chandrika Tandon is interviewed

Excerpt from The Hindu Business Line -- "I lecture students about leadership. My singular message is: spend time to bring out your own hidden dimensions and calling."
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Prof. Irving Schenkler on social media and the reputation of businesses

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Excerpt from Fox News -- "Social media brings a lot of unexpected players into your realm and when people start talking about you and your business, others may be listening, and they need to respond."
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini is named a "Top 100 Global Thinker"

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Excerpt from Foreign Policy -- "Rarely has someone done so well predicting that the world will go so wrong. Nouriel Roubini rose to prominence for forecasting that the 2008 housing crisis would lead to a global economic meltdown, and he has been peddling a message of doom and gloom ever since. Unfortunately for all of us, he's been right." Additional coverage appeared in Foreign Policy and Mashable.com.
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Prof. Samuel Craig on the Coca-Cola brand

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Excerpt from ABC News -- "Sam Craig, a marketing professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said that although he didn’t believe Coke’s brand would be tarnished or altered by backlash, the message was clear: 'Don’t mess with the brand.'" Additional coverage appeared in Marketing Week.
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Prof. Amir Malin's course on film financing and distribution is referenced

Excerpt from NYU Local -- "This is much less mechanical–10% of all revenues. For simplicity’s sake, let’s assume that all revenues come from box office (obviously this is not the case, but remember, this is a very superficial analysis of the subject matter–if you want a more rigorous analysis of this, Professor Amir Malin’s Stern/Tisch Film Finance and Distribution course is a great way to examine all of these deals)."
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NYU Stern will host a clinic on mobile marketing on 1/19

Excerpt from New York Daily News -- "This half-day, intensive Clinic will feature thought leaders, academics, and innovators from all parts of the mobile ecosystem. The Clinic will take place in a classroom setting with a curriculum designed to increase a manager's proficiency in, and understanding of, mobile marketing and commerce."
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A co-authored report by Prof. Nouriel Roubini on restoring US economic growth is featured

Excerpt from Bloomberg Markets -- "The effects of deleveraging are being made worse by excess production capacity due to globalization, according to 'The Way Forward,' a report co-authored by Alpert, Cornell University law professor Robert Hockett and economist Nouriel Roubini of New York University."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Engle on China's plans for economic growth

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- Robert Engle, who won a Nobel Prize in 2003 for economics, has said that while China is making five-year plans for the next generation, Americans are planning only for the next election.
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Engle on systemic risk

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Systemic risk always lies hidden. Thus, as Nobel prize winner Robert Engle and others point out, 'While the financial crisis started in the summer of 2007, it was not until the early autumn of 2008 that systemic risk fully emerged.'"
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Prof. Nouriel Roubini on restructuring Italy's debt

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Excerpt from TIME blog -- "Nouriel Roubini argued in the 'Financial Times' the other day that debt restructuring is the answer, to alleviate the burden on Italy."
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Prof. Sinan Aral's research on designing products to maximize online social contagion is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Boston Globe -- "Aral recently published in the journal "Management Science" the results of an experiment that examined the viral spread of a product through a network of 1.4 million Facebook users, finding that viral features that alert friends that their friends are using a product more than doubled the increase in the adoption of the product by others in the network."
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Prof. Laura Veldkamp on Mario Draghi's European Parliament speech

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Excerpt from Associated Press -- "I would say this is a big change. Traditionally, the ECB has seen its only objective as maintaining a stable, low rate of inflation." Additional coverage appeared in Tribune-Chronicle.com, The Boston Globe, STLToday.com, Palm Beach Post, Dayton Daily News, Newser.com, Marshall Independent, AJC.com, BND.com, among other outlets.
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Prof. Thomas Philippon sees the beginnings of a credit crunch in Europe

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- “You have the beginnings of a credit crunch in Europe. ... [Banks] are limiting their dollar activities. French banks have large operations in Italy — and they’re shrinking. Austrian banks have large operations in Eastern Europe — and they’re shrinking.”
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Prof. Paul Romer's charter cities idea is featured as a solution to save Detroit

Excerpt from The Daily -- "Romer’s charter cities concept involves creating what he calls “reform zones.” The idea is to let a government with a track record of success run parts of a country, on the theory that the key drivers of progress are rational rules and functional institutions." Additional coverage appeared in Reason.com.
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Prof. Richard Sylla will moderate a Q&A session at the Museum of American Finance on 12/7

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Museum of American Finance: Volcker Talk (Wednesday) Paul Volcker, who served under five presidents, speaks as part of the Henry Kaufman Lecture/Symposia Series. The presentation will be followed by a reception and question-and-answer session moderated by Dr. Richard Sylla, a New York University professor and the chairman of the museum."
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Prof. Anthony Karydakis on US consumers' borrowing habits

Excerpt from Money Morning -- "Slowly but steadily, consumers are exploring more normal ways of returning to a more normal pattern when it comes to borrowing habits."
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Prof. Joseph Foudy on NYC's regional council plan

Excerpt from Washington Square News -- "The city's economy is so large and so tied to finance and international economic trends that there is so little the city can do at all to move its economy in any direction."

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