Richard Koo

Richard C. Koo (; , ; born 1954) is a Taiwanese economist specializing in balance sheet recessions. He is the chief economist at the Nomura Research Institute.

Early life and education Koo was born in Kobe, Japan. His father, Koo Kwang-ming, was an activist in the Taiwan independence movement then living in exile in Japan, and the brother of the prominent Taiwanese businessman Koo Chen-fu.

Koo lived in Tokyo for 13 years in his youth, and later attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and government, respectively, in 1976.

Publications (2008) The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics - Lessons from Japan's Great Recession (John Wiley & Sons) (2011) "The world in balance sheet recession: causes, cure, and politics", Real-World Economics Review (issue no. 58), Nomura Research Institute, Tokyo. (2014) The Escape from Balance Sheet Recession and the QE Trap: A Hazardous Road for the World Economy (John Wiley & Sons)