Peter Navarro received his PhD in economics from Harvard University and is a business professor at The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine.  He is a regular CNBC contributor, and author of the bestselling book, The Coming China Wars.  Professor Navarro’s other books include the path-breaking management book, The Well-Timed Strategy, and the bestselling investment book, If It Rains in Brazil, Buy Starbucks.

Professor Navarro’s unique and internationally recognized expertise lies in his “big picture” application of a highly sophisticated but easily accessible macroeconomic analysis of the business environment and financial markets for investors and corporate executives.

He has been featured on 60 Minutes, and his articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, from Business Week, the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal to the Harvard Business Review, the MIT Sloan Management Review, and the Journal of Business. His free weekly investment newsletter is published at www.peternavarro.com. 

His latest book is: Always a Winner!: Managing for Competitive Advantage in an Up and Down Economy  (Forthcoming, August 2009).