Joseph Quinlan is managing director and chief market strategist at U.S.

Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management.

He lectures on finance and global economics at New York University and is a professor at Fordham University and American University.

He was previously a senior global economist/strategist for Morgan Stanley and started his career at Merrill Lynch.

Quinlan has authored, co-authored, or contributed to 20 books, most recently, "The Last Economic Superpower," and more than 125 articles on economics, trade, and finance.

He is a recipient of the 2006 Transatlantic Business Award and the 2007 European-American Business Council Leadership award.

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