# In an op-ed, Professor Nouriel Roubini argues that the world needs an early-warning system for trouble in financial markets

1 Faculty News August 27, 2015 ![Project Syndicate logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030500.jpg?itok=ONV7lJ6H)>

Excerpt from [Project Syndicate](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/financial-early-warning-system-by-nouriel-roubini-2015-08) -- "An assessment of sovereign risk that is systematic and data-driven could help to spot the risks that changing global headwinds imply. To that extent, it provides exactly what the world needs now: an approach that removes the need to rely on the ad hoc and slow-moving approach of ratings agencies and the noisy and volatile signals coming from markets."

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