# In an op-ed, Prof. Nouriel Roubini outlines the challenges facing emerging markets

1 Faculty News January 31, 2014 ![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/nouriel-roubini-explains-why-many-previously-fast-growing-economies-suddenly-find-themselves-facing-strong-headwinds) -- "This mini perfect storm in emerging markets was soon transmitted, via international investors’ risk aversion, to advanced economies’ stock markets. But the immediate trigger for these pressures should not be confused with their deeper causes: Many emerging markets are in real trouble."

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Additional coverage appeared on [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-03/weil-on-finance-china-s-cartoon-growth.html), [CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101383388), [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/03/emerging-markets-nouriel-roubini) and [Livemint](http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/NLtzcE6zodVUWwxlqwvQeK/Nouriel-Roubini--The-trouble-with-emerging-markets.html).