Stephen Samuel Roach (born September 16, 1945) is an American economist. He serves as senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, and a senior lecturer at the Yale School of Management. He was formerly chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, and chief economist at Morgan Stanley, the New York City-based investment bank. Career Roach holds a PhD in economics from New York University, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison ('68). After earning his PhD, Roach was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Roach served on the research staff of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. from 1972 until 1979, supervising the preparation of the official Federal Reserve projections of the U.S. economy. From 1979 until joining Morgan Stanley, Roach was Vice President for Economic Analysis for the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in New York. Roach was with Morgan Stanley for 30-plus years, and was the investment bank's chief economist since 1991, serving as head of the firm's global team of economists in New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Paris. He also writes monthly columns for international media organization Project Syndicate. Books Roach, Stephen, Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives, (Yale University Press 2022) ISBN 978-0300259643 Roach, Stephen, Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China (2014) Roach, Stephen, The Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization, (Wiley 2009) References External links Column archive at Project Syndicate Column archive at The Globalist Column archive at Aljazeera Video of Stephen Roach discussing 'The Next Asia' at the Asia Society in New York, September 30, 2009 21st-century American economists University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni New York University alumni Morgan Stanley people 1945 births Living people