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Stephen Roach
Senior fellow, Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Age: 68
Education:
? 1968: BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
? 1973: PhD in economics, New York University
Career:
? 1972-73: research fellow, Brookings Institution
? 1973-79: section chief and economist, board of governors of the Federal Reserve System
? 1979 to 1982: vice-president and senior economist, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
? 1982 to 2007: chief and senior economist, Morgan Stanley
? 2007-10: chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia
? 2010-12: non-executive chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia
? 2010-present: senior fellow, Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and senior lecturer, Yale School of Management
Favorites:
? Book: The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds by Jonathan Spence-"This enlightened me on the West's longstanding biases against China."
? Film: Citizen Kane (1941, director Orson Welles) and Love Actually (2003, director Richard Curtis)
? Music: Pourquoi Tant de Larmes, performed by French Canadian singer Natasha St-Pier and Beautiful by American singer and songwriter Akon.-"This song is rap for old guys."
? Food: Sprungli chocolate truffles purchased fresh in Zurich.