person

Nouriel Roubini

NYU Stern economist; 'Megathreats' author

NYU Stern professor emeritus and CEO of Roubini Macro Associates; predicted the 2008 financial crisis. Author of 'Megathreats' (2022); identifies AI as one of ten interrelated catastrophic risks.

current Professor Emeritus of Economics, NYU Stern; CEO, Roubini Macro Associates

@Nouriel

Strategy positions

Existential primacyendorses

Extinction/disempowerment risk overrides ordinary cost-benefit

Argues AI sits among 'megathreats' alongside nuclear, climate, and demographic risks; advocates strong international coordination as the only viable response.

We face ten interconnected megathreats including artificial intelligence. Each could be civilization-shaking; together they are existential, and our institutions are not designed to face them as a system.

❧ bookMegathreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them· Little, Brown and Company· 2022· faithful paraphrase

Closest strategy neighbours

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Alan Robock
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Andy Jones
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Avital Balwit
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Anthropic communications lead; public-facing AI safety voice
Bill McKibben
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Cade Metz
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Clay Graubard
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Forecaster; RAND and Good Judgment contributor

Record last updated 2026-04-25.