Nouriel Roubini: "The backlash against globalization is real and growing."

Jul 6, 2016

A man looks at the Pudong financial district of Shanghai November 20, 2013. With a shift in tone and language, China's central bank governor has dangled the prospect of speeding up currency reform and giving markets more room to set the yuan's exchange rate as he underlines broader plans for sweeping economic change. The central bank under Zhou Xiaochuan has consistently flagged its intention to liberalise financial markets and allow the yuan to trade more freely, even before the Communist Party's top brass unveiled late last week the boldest set

Nouriel Roubini discusses the political impacts of the backlash against globalization. Image: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Nouriel Roubini

Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Business, Stern School of Business, New York University

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