“Dr. Doom” Roubini v intervjuju v Der Spieglu o novi multi krizi zaradi desetih “mega nevarnosti” (Adam Tooze to imenuje “polikriza) pred nami, pri kateri bomo (po N. Fergusonu) “srečni, če bo samo kot ekonomska kriza v 1970-ih letih in ne kot vojna v 1940-ih“, da se bomo na zahtevo ZDA morali odločiti ali bomo sledili ZDA ali Kitajski in da nam nihče ne garantira, da zaradi krize ne bimo volili skrajnih desničarjev. Kar je seveda šele uvod v globalno vojno.
Večina izmed nas je seveda bistveno manj pesimistična od Roubinija. Kar pa še ne pomeni, da tudi upravičeno.
Roubini: I was in Washington at the IMF meeting. The economic historian Niall Ferguson said in a speech there that we would be lucky if we got an economic crisis like in the 1970s – and not a war like in the 1940s. National security advisers were worried about NATO getting involved in the war between Russia and Ukraine and Iran and Israel being on a collision course. And just this morning, I read that the Biden administration expects China to attack Taiwan sooner rather than later. Honestly, World War III has already effectively begun, certainly in Ukraine and cyberspace.
DER SPIEGEL: Politicians seem overwhelmed by the simultaneity of many major crises. What priorities should they set?
Roubini: Of course, they must take care of Russia and Ukraine before they take care of Iran and Israel or China. But policymakers should also think about inflation and recessions, i.e. stagflation. The eurozone is already in a recession, and I think it will be long and ugly. The United Kingdom is even worse. The pandemic seems contained, but new COVID variants could emerge soon. And climate change is a slow-motion disaster that is accelerating. For each of the 10 threats I describe in my book, I can give you 10 examples that are happening as we speak today, not in the distant future. Do you want one on climate change?
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DER SPIEGEL: Another threat you describe is that the U.S. could pressure Europe to limit its business relations with China in order to not endanger the U.S. military presence on the continent. How far are we from that scenario?
Roubini: It is already happening. The U.S. has just passed new regulations banning the export of semiconductors to Chinese companies for AI or quantum computing or military use. Europeans would like to continue doing business with the U.S. and China, but it won’t be possible because of national security issues. Trade, finance, technology, internet: Everything will split in two.

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