Inveterate optimists, go your way. Nicknamed Dr Doom (Doctor disaster), Nouriel Roubini is definitely not of this caliber. Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, the American economist takes an ebony look at the current world situation, as dark as the clothes he is wearing when we meet, in the mythical Hotel Belvédère in Davos, one of the nerve centers of the Davos Economic Forum (WEF).
