"The Great Depression of 1990 has been the financial phenomenon of 1987."
-The Boston Globe Magazine, Dec. 6, 1987
"It all sounds very far out. Which makes you worry that he may be right." Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,
The New York Times, June 18, 1987
"His predictions in the early 1980s of low inflation, falling oil prices and a wave of mergers-mocked for years - have proved close to the mark."
-Thomas C. Hayes, The New York Times, August 30, 1987
"The forecasting record of this widely respected Southern Methodist University economist has von glowing praise from many pragmatic investment masters."
- Tom Peters, Chicago Tribune August 24, 1987
"So far Dr. Batra is close to five for five. Pray he doesn't go six for six." - Eric Leven, People, October 12, 1987
"Dr. Batra who has become a superstar in the West for predicting the crash of 1987 and a depression in 1990, said that India too, would be hit by the fall of the West. But its spiritual heritage and a new leadership will help it overcome the crisis."
- Indian Express March 4, 1988
"Ravi Batra, 44, grabbed international attention...in his best-seller The Great Depression of 1990."
India Today March 15, 1988