Author, Economist, Consultant, Speaker
Richard Duncan is the author of three books on the global economic crisis. The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures (Wiley, 2003) predicted the global economic disaster of 2008 with extraordinary accuracy. It was an international bestseller. His second book was The Corruption of Capitalism (CLSA Books, 2009). His latest book is The New Depression: The Breakdown Of The Paper Money Economy (Wiley, 2012).
Since beginning his career as an equities analyst in Hong Kong in 1986, Richard has served as global head of investment strategy at ABN AMRO Asset Management in London, worked as a financial sector specialist for the World Bank in Washington D.C., and headed equity research departments for James Capel Securities and Salomon Brothers in Bangkok. He also worked as a consultant for the IMF in Thailand during the Asia Crisis. He is now chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Management in Singapore. He is also the founder and publisher of Macro Watch.
Richard has appeared frequently on CNBC, CNN, BBC and Bloomberg Television, as well as on BBC World Service Radio. He is a well-known speaker whose audiences have included The World Economic Forum’s East Asia Economic Summit in Singapore, EuroFinance Conferences in Copenhagen and Monaco, The Chief Financial Officers’ Roundtable in Shanghai, The World Knowledge Forum in Seoul and numerous CFA Institute Events around the world.