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I Believe, Unlike People That Are Totally Free-market, Laissez-faire Fundamentalists, That There Is An Important Role That The Government Can Play - One, In Providing Public Goods, Whether It's Education, Health Care, Or Other Things, And Two, Supervising Countercyclical Policy - Stimulus, Whether It's Monetary, Fiscal, Or Otherwise.

-Nouriel Roubini

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I Believe, Unlike People That Are Totally

Nouriel Roubini

I Believe, Unlike People That Are Totally Free-market, Laissez-faire Fundamentalists, That There Is An Important Role That The Government Can Play - One, In Providing Public Goods, Whether It's Education, Health Care, Or Other Things, And Two, Supervising Countercyclical Policy - Stimulus, Whether It's Monetary, Fiscal, Or Otherwise.

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