Kenneth Rogoff

Reviews and Press Coverage of This Time Is Different

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Journal of Economic Literature, Review by Michael Boskin, September 2010

New York Times, by Catherine Rampell, They Did Their Homework (800 Years of It), (pdf), July 4, 2010

Washington Post, Interview by Ezra Klein, The Book on Financial Crisis, (pdf), May 23, 2010

New York Time Review of Books, Our Giant Banking Crisis: What to Expect, (pdf), May 13, 2010

CNBC, Squawk Box, with Ken Rogoff, guest host, May 14, 2010

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Interview by Patrick Bernau, Der Krisenversteher, (pdf), May 13, 2010

Forbes, Street Talk with Robert Lenzner, Smart Money Is Short Debt of Greece, Spain, Portugal and Japan, (pdf), April 30, 2010

Financial Times, Bubbles Lurk in Government Debt, (pdf), April 7, 2010

O Estado de São Paulo (in Portuguese) Interview with Fernando Dantas, Balanço da crise global, (print version) March 20, 2010

CNBC, Power Lunch, Interview with Steve Liesman, Debt and Default: Discussing the US Debt Problem (video), February 26, 2010

Exame (in Protuguese), Interview by Eduardo Salgado with Kenneth Rogoff on This Time Is Different, (pdf), February 10, 2010

CNBC, Street Signs with Erin Burnett, The Debt Threat (video), February 8, 2010

Financial Times, Why We Should Expect Low Growth Amid Debt, (pdf), January 28, 2010

USA Today, Review by Paul Wiseman, Economic Crises Historically Share Some Traits, (pdf), January 11, 2010

Chessbase News and Project Syndicate, Grandmasters and Global Growth, (pdf), January 7, 2010

Harvard Magazine, Review by David Warsh, What This Country Needs: On detecting economic crises, (pdf), January-February, 2010

BBC Radio 4, Today, Reflections on the History of Financial Crises, (podcast), December 24, 2009
Is the current financial crisis different to past recessions? The Harvard professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, Kenneth Rogoff, has been looking back on past financial downturns through history for his new book, This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. Prof Rogoff discusses what has been learnt from previous financial crises.

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Interview by Nikolaus Piper, Wir müssen das Monster bändigen, (jpg), (pdf), December 1, 2009

Globe and Mail, Review by Neil Reynolds, Is This Time Different? Not with all the Debt, (pdf), November 25, 2009

Financial Times, Review by Chris Giles, Recession to Leave Permanent Scars, (transcript), November 24, 2009

Il Foglio (Italian), Da dove viene e dove va l'allarme debito pubblico, November 19, 2009

PBS, The Charlie Rose Show, with Kenneth Rogoff on THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT (Search Archives for Kenneth Rogoff), November 10, 2009

PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Paul Solmon reports, Arrogance and Ignorance Recurring in Economic History (podcast), (full program, Report begins 27:26), November 2, 2009

National Public Radio, On Point with Tom Ashbrook, Fixing Too Big To Fail (podcast), November 2, 2009

Economic Principals, Review by David Warsh, November 1, 2009

Canadian Broadcasting Company, The Current, Comparison with the Crash of 1929 and Other Deep Financial Crises (podcast), October 29, 2009

Bloomberg News, Tom Keene interviews Ken Rogoff and Niall Ferguson on their recent books and the global economy, October 28, 2009

Washington Post, Review by Greg Ip, Can We Find a New Direction? (pdf), October 25, 2009

American Public Media and NPR, Marketplace, Is This Crisis Different? Not Really (starts at 8:30 mins.), October 19, 2009

Wall Street Journal, Interview with Justin Lahart, Q&A: Reinhart and Rogoff on the Crisis: The "Mother of All Moral Hazard" (pdf), October 12, 2009

Bloomberg News, Review by James Pressley, Rogoff Slams Four Toxic Words: "This Time Is Different" (pdf), October 11, 2009

Danish TV, Deadline, Debate between Joseph Stiglitz and Kenneth Rogoff on the Financial Crisis (starts at 11:36 mins.), October 10, 2009

Wall Street Journal, Review by Edward Chancellor, Boom, Bust. Repeat. (pdf), October 9, 2009

New York Times, Review by Devin Leonard, Recession, You Look Familiar (pdf), October 4, 2009

New York Times, Review by Catherine Rampell, The Plot Between Ignorance and Arrogance (pdf), September 30, 2009

Financial Times, Review by Martin Wolf, This Time Will Never Be Different (pdf), September 28, 2009

CBNC News, WSJ Report with Maria Bartiromo, Discussion of This Time Is Different, September 25, 2009

The Economist Newspaper, Economics Focus, What If Lehman Had Not Failed? (pdf), September 10, 2009

Crisis in context: This Time is Different, Seeking Alpha, Financial Times Blog, Review, John M. Mason, November 5, 2009

Warning: Your brain is killing American capitalism, MarketWatch, Paul B.Farrell, November 3, 2009

Our children will lament our financial foolishness, Idaho Statesman, Edward Lotterman, November 2, 2009

Reinhart and Rogoff on Financial Crises, American Enterprise Institute Book Forum, Allan H. Meltzer, October 29, 2009

This Time is Different? Authors Examine Cycle of Financial Folly, Denver Post, Review, James Pressley, October 25, 2009

Top Five Business Books, Philadelphia Bulletin, James Pressley, October 25, 2009

Recession Regression, American Interest Magazine, Review, Harold James, November-December

Paying Off Debt Is Like Dying, Lew Rockwell, Bill Bonner, October 20, 2009

Crisis global: Más de lo mismo, El Imparcial, Spain, Review, William Chislett, October 17, 2009

Financial Folly, Editorial/Review, Arkansas Business, Arkansas Business Editors, October 16, 2009

Acht Jahrhunderte voller Finanzkrisen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Review, October 15, 2009

Q&A Power Players and Financial crisis: The Atlantic Magazine, Megan McArdle, October 14, 2008

Eight centuries of financial folly, Gulf Times, Qatar, Kevin Hall, October 12, 2009

Q&A: Reinhart and Rogoff on the Crisis, the 'Mother of All Moral Hazard', Wall Street Journal Blog, Justin Lahart, October 12, 2009

Authors: US economic crisis was long time in the making, Miami Herald, Kevin Hall, October 1, 2009

The Plot Between Ignorance and Arrogance, New York Times, Review, Catherine Rampell, September 30, 2009

This Time It's Different: Eight centuries of financial folly; conceit and money, FinFacts, Ireland, Michael Hennigan, September 24, 009

Lehman Brothers and the Crisis: A year on, The Economist, September 10, 2009

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