Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and recipient of the 2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, was the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2003. He is one of the world’s premier international economists, with influential publications spanning the fields of global finance, monetary and fiscal policy, and economic development.
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Kenneth Rogoff
Commentaries by this author
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Why a More Flexible Renminbi Still Matters
CAMBRIDGE – One of the most notable macroeconomic developments in recent years has been the sharp drop in China’s current-account surplus. T…
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A Centerless Euro Cannot Hold
CAMBRIDGE – With youth unemployment touching 50% in eurozone countries such as Spain and Greece, is a generation being sacrificed for the sa…
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Jeremy Lin and the Political Economy of Superstars
CAMBRIDGE – The biggest news around Cambridge in recent weeks has been Jeremy Lin, the Harvard economics graduate who has shocked the Nation…
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Coronary Capitalism
FRANKFURT –A systematic and broad failure of regulation is the elephant in the room when it comes to reforming today’s Western capitalism. Y…
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Rethinking the Growth Imperative
CAMBRIDGE – Modern macroeconomics often seems to treat rapid and stable economic growth as the be-all and end-all of policy. That message is…
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Is Modern Capitalism Sustainable?
CAMBRIDGE – I am often asked if the recent global financial crisis marks the beginning of the end of modern capitalism. It is a curious ques…
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A Gravity Test for the Euro
CAMBRIDGE – Although I appreciate that exchange rates are never easy to explain or understand, I find today’s relatively robust value for th…
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The Wrong Tax for Europe
CAMBRIDGE – Europe is already in pickle, so why not add more vinegar? That seems to be the thinking behind the European Commission’s propose…
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Will the IMF Stand Up to Europe?
CAMBRIDGE – As the eurozone crisis continues to deepen, the International Monetary Fund may finally be acknowledging the need to reassess it…
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The Second Great Contraction
CAMBRIDGE – Why is everyone still referring to the recent financial crisis as the “Great Recession”? The term, after all, is predicated on a…
A Centerless Euro Cannot Hold
Oliver R It seems to me that regardless of whether or not the Euro area was an optimal currency area upon its conception, it is now too late for any country to back out. The repercussions of a Euro area breaku…
A Centerless Euro Cannot Hold
Hamid Rizvi It was a grand idea that sought to take advantage of the power of a financial union in achieving economies of scale. However, in haste the union that was to be was anything but. Any, union that that s…