Richard C. Koo | |
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| 辜朝明 | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 70–71) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA) |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Spouse | Chyen-Mei |
| Children | 2 |
Richard C. Koo (Japanese:リチャード・クー,IPA:[ɾitɕaːdokɯː];Chinese:辜朝明;pinyin:Gū Cháomíng; born 1954) is a Taiwaneseeconomist living in Japan specializing inbalance sheet recessions. He is Chief Economist at theNomura Research Institute.[2][3]
Koo was born in Kobe. His father,Koo Kwang-ming, was an activist in theTaiwan independence movement then living in exile in Japan, and the brother of the prominent Taiwanese businessmanKoo Chen-fu.[4] Koo lived inTokyo for 13 years in his youth, and later attended theUniversity of California, Berkeley, where he received a B.A. degree in political science and government in 1976.[1] He then proceeded toJohns Hopkins University for graduate school, where he received a M.A. degree in 1981.[1]
Upon graduation fromJohns Hopkins University, Koo worked at theFederal Reserve Bank of New York as an economist from 1981 to 1984.[1]
He then joinedNomura Holdings in 1984 as its first expatriate researcher and a senior economist from 1984 to 1997.[5][6][1] He later became the chief economist atNomura Research Institute starting in 1997.[1]
Landon Thomas wrote about Koo's analysis in late 2011 inTheNew York Times, saying that Koo's 2011 "causes, cure, and politics" publication "has gone viral on the Web". Thomas was discussing the divergence between the way the U.S. and British governments addressed the2008 financial crisis and measures by European governments during theEuropean debt crisis.[7]
Some of Koo's videos and links are below:
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