3 economists set to tell us what lies ahead
Only 13 economists predicted the 2008 global financial crisis as they talked of tapering and the return to recession, and they are perhaps best suited to comment on what might unfold now.
Three of these commentators, Prof Steve Keen, Richard Duncan and Paul Gambles, will be in Bangkok next month to speak on the topic at a dinner event. The Nation is the media sponsor.
Keen, who is an Economics and Finance professor at the University of Western Sydney, predicted the 2008 crisis back in December 2005 and in 1995 he warned that the period of stability could merely be "the calm before a storm". The professor also authored the popular book "Debunking Economics".
Duncan is the author of New York Times best-sellers "The New Depression: The Breakdown of the Paper Money Economy" and "The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures", in which he predicted the current global economic disaster with extraordinary accuracy.
Gambles is the managing partner of the MBMG Group, speaker on National Public Radio, Money Channel’s Global Movement show, CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia, Bloomberg TV among others.
While in Bangkok, the three commentators will focus on where the world is heading now and the professional insight needed to be able to "expect the unexpected".
