John C. Edmunds


John C. Edmunds is an American economist, professor, and author, currently serving as Research Director of the Institute for Latin American Business Studies at Babson College. His work and opinions on the financial expansion leading to the 2008 financial crisis are controversial. He has served on the faculties of Boston University, Tufts University, Hult International Business School, and Harvard University.

Education

Edmunds holds a D.B.A. in International Business from Harvard Business School, an M.B.A. in Finance and Quantitative Methods with honors from Boston University, an M.A. in Economics from Northeastern University, and an A.B. in Economics cum laude from Harvard College.

Career

Edmunds has taught at overseas MBA programs, including Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain, INCAE in Central America and La Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic, and two universities in Chile. He has also taught at other schools in the Boston area, including Boston University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University, Hult International Business School, and Northeastern University.
He has consulted with the Harvard Institute for International Development, the Rockefeller Foundation, Stanford Research Institute, and numerous private companies.

Publications

Edmunds is the author of over 250 articles and cases published both in academic and practitioner journals. He has published four books. Over a hundred of his articles are about Latin American capital markets and have been published in Spanish, including "Tell Me Cuando" América Economía April 2009; "Financiar a Emprendedores," Estrategia, January 20, 2006; "Iberoamérica necesita un Davos propio," Expansión, Madrid, España, June 20, 2005; "Los Nuevos Ricos," América Economía, December 2, 2004; "¿Cuándo Emergerá la Bolsa Emergente?," in El Diario Financiero, October 2004; "El Auge de la Bolsa en Chile como Impulsor del Crecimiento" in El Diario Financiero, September 2004; "Sosteniendo el Auge Incipiente," in América Economía, July 2004; and "El Valor Escondido de América Latina," in América Economía, July 2001.
He is the author of four books: Desafiando La Pendiente, The Wealthy World, Wealth by Association, and Brave New Wealthy World.

Personal life

Edmunds has lived in six countries and spent eighteen years abroad.