Turmoil presents new problems when existing ones remain unresolved, as Roubini explained.
The paper found that such measures over the last 50 years did little to promote jobs or growth.
Paul Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have had their ideas applied to sales of everything from aircraft landing slots to fishing quotas.
A health crisis could be enough to wipe more than $1 trillion from global gross domestic product.
While inflation has been missing, some investors believe 2020 is the year it returns.
Growth in the euro zone as a whole was just 0.2% in the third quarter.