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Richard Duncan

Chief Economist, Blackhorse Asset Management

Richard Duncan is the chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Management.

Since beginning his career as an equities analyst in Hong Kong in 1986, he has served as a 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.

Mr. Duncan also worked as a consultant for the IMF in Thailand during the Asian Crisis

In addition to "The Corruption of Capitalism", he is also the author of "The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures", the bestseller that accurately predicted the global economic crisis that began in 2008 and the governments’ unorthodox policy response to it.

Articles by Richard Duncan

QE Is Debt Cancellation

The United States, the UK and Japan have far less government debt than is generally understood.

August 28, 2015

Rethinking American Capitalism

Can the United States transform its consumption- and credit-based economy to one based on investment and saving?

October 12, 2012

The Geopolitical Consequences of a New Great Depression

What is at stake if the U.S. and global economies lapse into a sustained depression?

August 31, 2012

Debunking The Global Savings Glut Theory

Is paper money created by the world's central banks responsible for the "global imbalances" that destabilized the economy?

July 12, 2012

Is the Pursuit of Industrial Policy Socialism?

What are some of the arguments against the U.S. government promoting a large-scale industrial policy?

February 11, 2010

A 21st Century U.S. Industrial Policy

What can the U.S. government do to turn this economic crisis into future prosperity?

February 10, 2010

A Plan to Reestablish the U.S. Economy’s Global Lead

How can the United States reinvigorate its economy and ensure its competitive advantage?

February 9, 2010

The Urgency of U.S. Financial-Sector Reform: Why Paul Volcker Is Right

What changes must be made to the financial sector before the U.S. economy can fully rebound?

February 5, 2010