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Author - William Oman
William Oman works for Roubini Global Economics in London, covering Western Europe. He has dual French-American citizenship and holds an MPA from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from McGill University. Previously, he worked on fiscal sustainability indicators at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, on energy policy at the California-based Breakthrough Institute, and as an economics research assistant at McGill University. His interests include macroeconomics and income dynamics, the political economy of economic development, and international finance. As an inveterate traveler, he has a passion for Brazil and Latin America in general.
Latest Posts:
The Quiet Revolution
In the four decades since 1970, the world has undergone a “quiet revolution” characterized by profound economic and financial transformations in advanced and emerging economies. This revolution...
Europe’s Perfect Storm: When Possibility Meets Actuality
“May you live in interesting times.”
What better phrase than the apocryphal Chinese curse above to capture the essence of the weeks, months and years to come? More to the point, just how interesting will those...
The (Debt) Hangover – Part II
The summer of 2011 has taken developed and overdeveloped economies on a rough ride – and it has taken its toll on consumers, investors, and politicians. With talk of a double dip recession in the United States and a break-up of the eurozone...
China, the West, and the rebalancing of global growth
This week’s social unrest in Athens, strikes in London and worries over the United States’ debt ceiling may well turn out to be harbingers of a second wave in the global crisis rather than secondary effects of its first chapter.
...The great migration: from private debt to sovereign crisis
A year has passed since the EU and IMF provided a 110 billion euro rescue package to Greece. ...
When is international intervention justified?
What do the Libyan and Japanese crises have in common? In a word, both are national crises that have major (potential) global repercussions. One crucial question that...
Stagnating technology, or decoupling incomes?
Tyler Cowen, an economist and blogger, recently published a provocative...
