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Megan spoke to us about how she became an economist, her career paths and her main concerns fIn this episode, we were honoured to welcome Megan Greene, Global Chief Economist at the Kroll Institute. Examining the intersection between macro-economics, finance and politics, Megan is not your typical two-handed economist, renowned instead for her ability to challenge conventional thinking in macro-economics. Of particular note was her stunning early prediction of the Eurozone crisis in 2006, as well as her work on inequality.
During our chat she took us first through the varied and global career that has led to her senior fellowship at Harvard, before outlining the economics of the climate crisis, and the imperative therein to ensure a just transition. She then offered a fascinating insight into the economic recovery from Covid-19 and the current period of rising inflation. Please note that this conversation took place before the invasion of Ukraine. In a recent article on the topic, Megan shared her concern over the potential repercussions of the West’s coordinated sanctioning of Russia: “We have never seen the weaponisation of finance on this scale for a large country before, and there will inevitably be some blowback for the west.”
Megan, sharp and articulate as ever, informs and entertains with her witty no-nonsense delivery of complex concepts in plain English. A frequent keynote speaker for financial services clients, trade associations and policymakers, she has a biweekly column in the Financial Times on global macroeconomics, and appears regularly on TV and radio outlets such as Bloomberg, CNBC, NPR and the BBC. Megan was previously Global Chief Economist at John Hancock/Manulife Asset Management, founder and Chief Economist at Maverick Intelligence, head of European Economics at Roubini Global Economics and the euro crisis expert at the Economist Intelligence Unit. She holds a B.A. from Princeton and an MSc from Oxford.
You can follow Megan on LinkedIn at
linkedin.com/in/megan-greene-6311266
or on Twitter at
twitter.com/economistmeg?lang=en
Megan spoke to us about how she became an economist, her career paths and her main concerns fIn this episode, we were honoured to welcome Megan Greene, Global Chief Economist at the Kroll Institute. Examining the intersection between macro-economics, finance and politics, Megan is not your typical two-handed economist, renowned instead for her ability to challenge conventional thinking in macro-economics. Of particular note was her stunning early prediction of the Eurozone crisis in 2006, as well as her work on inequality.
During our chat she took us first through the varied and global career that has led to her senior fellowship at Harvard, before outlining the economics of the climate crisis, and the imperative therein to ensure a just transition. She then offered a fascinating insight into the economic recovery from Covid-19 and the current period of rising inflation. Please note that this conversation took place before the invasion of Ukraine. In a recent article on the topic, Megan shared her concern over the potential repercussions of the West’s coordinated sanctioning of Russia: “We have never seen the weaponisation of finance on this scale for a large country before, and there will inevitably be some blowback for the west.”
Megan, sharp and articulate as ever, informs and entertains with her witty no-nonsense delivery of complex concepts in plain English. A frequent keynote speaker for financial services clients, trade associations and policymakers, she has a biweekly column in the Financial Times on global macroeconomics, and appears regularly on TV and radio outlets such as Bloomberg, CNBC, NPR and the BBC. Megan was previously Global Chief Economist at John Hancock/Manulife Asset Management, founder and Chief Economist at Maverick Intelligence, head of European Economics at Roubini Global Economics and the euro crisis expert at the Economist Intelligence Unit. She holds a B.A. from Princeton and an MSc from Oxford.
You can follow Megan on LinkedIn at
linkedin.com/in/megan-greene-6311266
or on Twitter at
twitter.com/economistmeg?lang=en
