Residence Dublin, Ireland Known for His dissenting views Nationality Russian Name Constantin Gurdgiev | Role Economist Occupation Economist Employer Trinity College, Dublin | |
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Notable work Business & Finance Magazine (former editor) Education University of California, Los Angeles, Johns Hopkins University, Trinity College, Dublin | ||
Other names Konstantin Gurdzhiyev |
Constantin gurdgiev on economists and the irish bailout
Constantin Gurdgiev (Russian: Константин Гурджиев, Konstantin Gurdzhiyev; born 1970) is a Russian economist based in Dublin, Ireland. He is a former editor of Business & Finance Magazine and a regular panelist on Tonight with Vincent Browne on TV3.
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- Constantin gurdgiev on economists and the irish bailout
- Retail google 2015 is the future of retail borderless dr constantin gurdgiev
- Early life
- Professional career
- References

On November 2013, Gurdgiev gave a TedX talk on Human Capital that widely received as one of the most fascinating outlooks on the future of employment and the 'gig-economy'.

Gurdgiev identifies as a libertarian.

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Early life

Gurdgiev was born in Moscow in 1970. He holds a PhD in Macroeconomics and Finance from Trinity College, Dublin, an MA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University and an MA in Pure Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Professional career
Gurdgiev is a Professor of Finance (Visiting) at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. He is also an adjunct lecturer in Finance with Trinity College, Dublin and has lectured in Economics at University College Dublin and Johns Hopkins University In September 2006, he became the editor of Business & Finance Magazine. He left the post in March 2008, and joined NCB Stockbrokers, but continued at the magazine as an editorial advisor and contributor.
He recently was a speaker at the CXC Conference in San Francisco GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK FORUM :
His biography on the site refers to: Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev is the Adjunct Professor of Finance with Trinity College, Dublin, and a Visiting Professor of Finance with Middleburg Institute for International Studies (USA) specializing in Investment Theory, and Macroeconomic Analysis and Risk applications to the financial markets.
Outside academia, he acts as an adviser to and a director with a range of financial services start ups covering data analytics, B2C services and back office infrastructure for on-line financial services providers. He is also a co-Founder and Director of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation, Ltd.
Dr. Gurdgiev is a frequent speaker on topics covering
Behavioral and macroeconomic drivers for consumer services and financial services development The role of human capital in economic development, Current and future trends in financial markets (European and Russian markets), and Ongoing geopolitical and macroeconomic risks in the global markets.
Blending high level views of technological progress, demographic and consumer preferences trends, he provides a longer-range vision for evolution of key markets and underlying supply and demand dynamics. Dr Gurdgiev’s presentations focus on sectoral and enterprise-level insights into strategic responses required to address these challenges.
His current and recent clients include a range of Fortune 500 companies and a number of institutional and private investors. At a policy level, Dr. Gurdgiev delivered presentations and testimonies in the European Parliament, Bank for International Settlements, and in a number of specialist Committees hearings at the Houses of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament).
He is a frequent contributor to international media (TV, radio and print) and has regular columns in the Cayman Financial Review, Slon.ru (in Russian), Decision Ireland, and the Village Magazine. Dr Gurdgiev is currently ranked second on the UK & Ireland Economists Top 100 list by City A.M.
In the past, Dr. Gurdgiev served as the Partner and Head of Research with St Columbanus AG, the Head of Macroeconomics with the Institute for Business Value, IBM, and Director of Research with NCB Stockbrokers.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Dr. Gurdgiev was educated in the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University and Trinity College, Dublin.
He is the chairman of the Ireland-Russia Business Association.
As well as being a member of the Academy of Political Science, the American Economic Association and the American Finance Association, Gurdgiev is also an honorary fellow of the Copenhagen Institute and fellow of the Pharmaceutical Economics Council. He is on the editorial boards of seven international academic journals.
Gurdgiev frequently contributes to economic and social policy debate in Ireland and Europe. He is a regular guest on Tonight with Vincent Browne on TV3.
In May 2011, Gurdgiev set up a Swiss fund management company called St. Columbanus AG with businessman and political activist Declan Ganley.
In resigning from Newstalk, broadcaster Eamon Dunphy described Gurdgiev as one of the "dissenting voices" that management at the radio station wanted off the airwaves.[3] Cork Fine Gael TD Áine Collins notoriously said that Gurdgiev should "get on a plane back to Moscow", such was the level of his criticism of the party's policies when in government.[4]
His areas of specialty include macroeconomic risk and strategy research and thought leadership.