Farrokh Langdana

Area of expertise

Finance & Economics

973-353-5620 langdana@business.rutgers.edu Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Langdana's areas of specialization include monetary and fiscal theory and international trade and global macroeconomic policy. His research deals with macroeconomic experimentation and the role of stabilization policy in an expectations-driven economy. He has published several articles as well as five books in this area. His new book, co-authored with Peter Murphy and published by Springer Press, is titled "International Trade and Global Macropolicy."

Most recently, Prof. Langdana's Macropolicy course and Prof. Ignacio (Nacho) Vijil-Cabrera’s course in Pricing Strategy (Managerial Econ) were both ranked #2 by Financial Times in Economics in EMBA programs worldwide, for the FOURTH time in 2020. Economics has been in the Top 10 in the FT global rankings, over 8 times.

In a recent interview Langdana said, "This is actually the third (FOURTH) time in 10 years that Rutgers EMBA Economics was ranked #2 in the world by the Financial Times, and the 8th time that Economics has been in the global FT Top Ten in Executive MBA Programs worldwide.". He adds, chuckling, "In fact this is reassuring--the University of Chicago has 30! Nobel laureates in their Economics Department. If we were to be ranked ahead of that team, Nacho and I would surely conclude that something was off with the FT rankings!"

Dr. Langdana is the recipient of the Horace dePodwin Research Award and more than 30 teaching awards, including the highest possible teaching award at Rutgers University -- the Warren I. Susman Award. He also has received Rutgers Business School's Paul Nadler Award for Excellence in Teaching and was named in Business Week as one of the two Most Popular Business Professors at Rutgers University (BusinessWeek, Oct. 2nd, 2000). From 2011 to 2013, the Award for Excellence in teaching in the MBA Program was named the Farrokh Langdana Teaching Excellence Award. In 2015, soon after Rutgers Business School moved into its current new location at 1 Washington Park, Prof. Langdana was honored by Dean Lei and the Faculty and Alumni of Rutgers Business School with a classroom named after him.

Dr. Langdana's Fire Side Chats can be watched on YouTube. All his blogs can be read by scrolling down this page.

Executive MBA Experience

Professor Langdana is a professor in the Finance and Economics Department at Rutgers Business School and is also the director of the globally ranked and highly regarded Rutgers Executive MBA Program. Dr. Langdana was recently interviewed by The Wall Street Journal where he discusses how the Rutgers EMBA program evolves constantly to meet the changing needs and demands of the global executive workplace. He has been director since 1997.

He currently teaches Macroeconomic Policy as well as International Trade and Global Macropolicy in the EMBA program at Rutgers Business School. In addition to his role at Rutgers, Prof. Langdana has taught extensively in China, Singapore, and France as well as in Iceland and India. All of his courses have a genuinely global outlook.

His lectures integrate solid theory with actual ongoing developments in the global economy. Some topics in the macroeconomics course include the current US budget and trade deficits and the capital inflows that finance them, Fed policy, the Stability Pact and European Central Bank Policy, recent soft-landings in the emerging economies, the dollar-yuan peg and Chinese monetary policy. The trade class covers topics such as outsourcing, US R&D and intellectual property violation, the outlook on trade and employment, and exchange rate dynamics in Europe, China, India and the US.

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Academic degrees

Ph.D., Virginia Tech; Economics
M.A., Virginia Tech; Economics
M.B.A., Virginia Tech; Finance
B.Tech, Civil Engineering, IIT, Kanpur, India

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Prof. Langdana Video Blog - Trade Wars and Their Consequences: Egyptian Cotton and Indian Tea

Insights

Why deficits "don’t matter" anymore

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Webinar: The Economic Outlook: Doom and Gloom, or Flamingos in Mumbai?

Friday, October 02, 2020

Modern Monetary Theory and Covidonomics: How This Will End

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

The collapse of oil, a slowing planet, and a hopeful hibernation for the Russian Bear

Thursday, March 12, 2020

A rampaging virus, an emasculated Fed, and a misunderstood Milton Friedman

Thursday, March 05, 2020

Related News

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Monday, January 11, 2021

Executive MBA program No. 2 in the world for economics

Monday, November 09, 2020

Executive MBA Program ignites student’s drive to create business, make an impact

Monday, August 10, 2020

Poets & Quants for Executives 2020 Best & Brightest EMBAs: Jeffrey S. Jhang

Monday, July 27, 2020

Poets & Quants for Executives 2020 Best & Brightest EMBAs: Joseph W. Krause

Monday, July 27, 2020

Media Mentions

The New York Times, What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Antibody Test

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The New York Times, What Is Convalescent Blood Plasma, and Why Do We Care About It?

Friday, April 24, 2020

NJTV News, New reports show COVID-19’s blow to economy, Farrokh Langdana

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Ivy Exec, 5 of the Best EMBA Programs for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Monday, April 13, 2020

Today, Could plasma infusions help save lives of coronavirus patients?

Monday, April 06, 2020

Student Testimonials

Thanks again for a great semester, Prof. Langdana! I’ve learned more economics (and history) in this one class than I have throughout my entire undergrad and graduate level education. Please let me know if there are any other classes I can take with you!

— Dana Salizzoni, Rutgers MBA

I can honestly say that you are one of the best professors I have had. Your insight and your careful, thoughtful explanation made a complex subject easy to understand. It is the first time I have heard a foreign professor impart fair comments on China's past, present and future.

— Frances Xu

When I applied to REMBA, I was initially rejected ......I sent you a personal letter and asked you to reconsider and I will never forget your response, "Fortune favors the bold.... see you at the week in residence.” You took a chance on me.
6 years after graduation, I was named Vice President of Operations at my company. I owe much of my success to you and the entire REMBA family. The skills I learned allowed me to be "bold". To take the plunge into that next challenge, suggest things that were outside the status quo, to refer back to my cohort and to my lessons for advice and guidance.

It all started with you. You took a chance on me and gave me the opportunity, then you and your program provided the knowledge that I needed to be successful. I am eternally grateful and hope you continue to be an educator and mentor for a long time.

— Lester Parada