Jakob_B._Madsen
Jakob B. Madsen
Danish economist
Jakob Brøchner Madsen (born in Randers, Denmark) is an economist, professor and former financial analyst and deputy chief economist (Bank of Jutland). He was one of few economists who predicted the IT bubble in 2001 and the housing bubble in 2006 and the global financial crisis.[1] In 2006 he and Jens Kjaer Sørensen wrote: "The bursting of this housing bubble will have a severe impact on the world economy and may even result in a recession."[2]