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Kenneth S. Rogoff is Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, and Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and was formerly Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund.
Recent Commentaries
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Economists Discuss Post-Bailout Economy," October 3, 2008
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, " Assessing the Bailout" (with Ray Suarez), October 2, 2008
Newsweek, "The Making of America 2.0," October 2, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
New York Times, Chess, " McCain Economics Adviser Has a Grandmaster’s Rank," September 28, 2008
National Public Radio, The Diane Rehm Show, "U.S. Financial Crisis and the Global Economy," September 25, 2008
Harvard University Webcast, "Understanding the Crisis in the Markets: A Panel of Harvard Experts," September 25, 2008
National Public Radio, Morning Edition, "U.S. Tarnished by Financial Meltdown," September 24, 2008
Stern Magazine (Germany), "Wir zahlen alle," September 23, 2008
National Public Radio, On Point, "The Super Bailout," September 22, 2008
CNBC, Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo "Discussing the Treasury's Plan," September 18, 2008.
America Will Need a 1,000bn Bail-Out, Financial Times, September 18, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
BBC PM Programme, "Share Prices Will Continue to Fall on Wall Street, September 17, 2008.
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Mortgage Market's Impact Analyzed," September 16, 2008
Washington Post, "No More Creampuffs: The Government Is Willing to Let Wall Street Firms Fail," September 16, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, " Uncertainty Hits Wall Street after Lehman Merrill Meltdown" (with Margaret Warner), September 15, 2008
Do Central Banks Have an Exit Strategy? Project Syndicate, September 2008 (Printer friendly version)
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Ex-IMF Official: Money Crisis Not Over," September 11, 2008
BBC News, "US Bank 'to fail within months'," August 19, 2008.
Interview with Ken Rogoff, Veja Magazine (Brazil), August 3, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
The World Cannot Grow Its Way Out of This Slowdown, Financial Times, July 29, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
National Public Radio, Morning Edition, "House Bill Calls for New Fannie-Freddie Regulator," July 23, 2008
BBC Radio World Service, Analysis, "U.S. Bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," interview with Andrew Walker, July 17, 2008
Watch Out for Sovereign Debt Risk, Op Ed (with Carmen Reinhart), Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2008
American Public Media, Marketplace, "Increased Rice Exports A Short-term Fix," May 21, 2008
American Public Media, Marketplace, "India Halts Trading to Slow Food Prices," May 8, 2008
National Public Radio, Weekend Edition, "World Grapples with Inflation," April 12, 2008
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Zimbabwe's Hyperinflation Poses Unique Challenges," March 26, 2008
An Inflation Reality Check, Project Syndicate, March 2008 (Printer friendly version)
America Goes from Teacher to Student, Project Syndicate, February 2008 (Printer friendly version)
China May Yet Be the Economy to Lose Sleep Over, Financial Times, February 5, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
What America Must Do, Foreign Policy, January 2008
Workers' Paradise? Project Syndicate, January 2008 (Printer friendly version)
The Fed Must Not Play Santa to the Markets, Financial Times, December 18, 2007 (Printer friendly version)
Dog Days for the Super Dollar, Project Syndicate, December 2007 (Printer friendly version)
National Public Radio, On Point, "The Economy and the Dollar," November 15, 2007
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, "U.S. Economy Faces 'Sluggish' Growth Outlook (with Judy Woodruff)," November 8, 2007
The Golden Haves, Project Syndicate, November 2007 (Printer friendly version)
High Noon at the IMF, Project Syndicate, October 2007 (Printer friendly version)
The Fed vs. the Financiers, Project Syndicate, September 2007 (Printer friendly version)
Congressional Testimony
Foreign Holdings of U.S. Debt: Is Our Economy Vulnerable? Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, Tuesday June 26, 2007
U.S.–China Economic Relations, Testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance, Thursday, June 23, 2005
Radio & TV Interviews
Radio Interviews
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Economists Discuss Post-Bailout Economy," October 3, 2008
National Public Radio, The Diane Rehm Show, "U.S. Financial Crisis and the Global Economy," September 25, 2008
National Public Radio, Morning Edition, "U.S. Tarnished by Financial Meltdown," September 24, 2008
National Public Radio, On Point, "The Super Bailout," September 22, 2008
BBC PM Programme, "Share Prices Will Continue to Fall on Wall Street, September 17, 2008.
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Mortgage Market's Impact Analyzed," September 16, 2008
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Ex-IMF Official: Money Crisis Not Over," September 11, 2008
National Public Radio, Morning Edition, "House Bill Calls for New Fannie-Freddie Regulator," July 23, 2008
BBC Radio World Service, Analysis, "U.S. Bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," interview with Andrew Walker, July 17, 2008
American Public Media, Marketplace, "Increased Rice Exports A Short-term Fix," May 21, 2008
American Public Media, Marketplace, "India Halts Trading to Slow Food Prices," May 8, 2008
National Public Radio, Weekend Edition, "World Grapples with Inflation," April 12, 2008
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Zimbabwe's Hyperinflation Poses Unique Challenges," March 26, 2008
National Public Radio, On Point, "The Economy and the Dollar," November 15, 2007
BBC World Business Review, "Reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions," May 26, 2007.
National Public Radio, Here & Now, "World Bank Without Wolfowitz," May 18, 2007
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Wolfowitz Case Offers Test of Multilateralism," April 23, 2007
National Public Radio, On Point, "High Stakes in China," December 14, 2006
National Public Radio, Marketplace Money, "Bad Dollar Days," December 1, 2006
National Public Radio, Marketplace Money, "IMF Tears Up IOUs," December 24, 2005
National Public Radio, The Diane Rehm Show, "The US Trade Deficit," May 16, 2005
Television Interviews
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, " Assessing the Bailout" (with Ray Suarez), October 2, 2008
Harvard University Webcast, "Understanding the Crisis in the Markets: A Panel of Harvard Experts," September 25, 2008
CNBC, Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo "Discussing the Treasury's Plan, September 18, 2008.
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, " Uncertainty Hits Wall Street after Lehman Merrill Meltdown" (with Margaret Warner), September 15, 2008
BBC News, "US Bank 'to fail within months'," August 19, 2008.
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, "U.S. Economy Faces 'Sluggish' Growth Outlook (with Judy Woodruff)," November 8, 2007
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, "Former Trade Representative Nominated to Head World Bank," May 30, 2007. Transcript.
National Public Television, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, "Falling Dollar," December 2, 2004. See also the News Hour Extra, "U.S. Dollar Hurting Tourists and Global Businesses," December 6, 2004.
Newspaper & Magazine Interviews
New York Times, September 28, 2008, Chess: " McCain Economics Adviser Has a Grandmaster’s Rank"
Veja Magazine (Brazil), August 3, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
What America Must Do, Foreign Policy, January 2008
Schach (German Chess magazine), February 2007
Der Spiegel, April 17, 2007 [English translation of German print version]
Ekonomist Magazine (Turkish), July 2006 (Printer friendly version)
Le Temps (Swiss daily, Geneva), May 20, 2006 (Printer friendly version [in French])
Region Focus, Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, Winter 2006 (Full issue)
Ekonomist Magazine (Turkish), November 26, 2004
Capital (French), October 2004
Veja (Brazil), July 14, 2004
Central Banking, May 2004, CB Website
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, April 15, 2003
Editorials
Wall Street Journal
Watch Out for Sovereign Debt Risk (with Carmen Reinhart), June 24, 2008
Newsweek International
The Making of America 2.0, October 2, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
The World Still Needs the IMF, September 25, 2006 (Printer friendly version)
The Myths of the Cheap Yuan, February 28, 2005 (Printer friendly version)
Final Grade For Wolfensohn, January 17, 2005 (Printer friendly version)
Power to the Middle Guys January 2, 2005 (Printer friendly version
This Time It's Not Different, February 16, 2004 (Printer friendly version)
The Economist Magazine
What Do Earlier Banking Crises Reveal About America's Travails Today? (Economics Focus) January 10, 2008
A Link Between Unemployment and Inflation Is Fashionable Again (Economics Focus) September 28, 2006
If It Doesn't Kill You, Financial Globalisation Will Make You Stronger (Economics Focus) May 16, 2006
How Low Might the Dollar Sink? (Economics Focus) November 11, 2004
The Sisters at 60 (“By Invitation Only”) July 22, 2004
Managing the World Economy (“By Invitation Only”) August 3, 2002
New Solutions, New Questions [Economics Focus, Part II on “The Six Major Puzzles in International Macroeconomics”], August 3, 2000
Saturated Solution [Economics Focus, Part I on “The Six Major Puzzles in International Macroeconomics”] July 27, 2000
Times Online
Davos debrief: India, Bono and bird flu, Times Online, February 1, 2006 (Printer friendly version)
Financial Times Editorials
America Will Need a 1,000bn Bail-Out, Financial Times, September 18, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
The World Cannot Grow Its Way Out of This Slowdown, Financial Times, July 29, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
China May Yet Be the Economy to Lose Sleep Over, Financial Times, February 5, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
The Fed Must Not Play Santa to the Markets, Financial Times, December 18, 2007 (Printer friendly version)
Americans Will Eventually Learn That Deficits Do Matter, July 18, 2007 (Printer friendly version)
No Grand Plans, But the Financial System Needs Fixing, February 8, 2007 (Printer friendly version)
The Myth of Central Banks and Inflation, August 30, 2006
In the Best of Times, It’s Wise to Ponder the Worst, January 3, 2006
Respect for a Master Banker’s Reading of the Tea Leaves, August 24, 2005
A Healthy Global Economy Begins at Home, May 19, 2005
US
Deficit Problem Not Only A Domestic Issue,
Case for Inflation Transparency,
An Institution that Eases Financial Pain,
The Recession that Almost Was, April 5, 2002
Taking a Chance on a Permanent Tech
Revolution ,
Finance and Development
(This quarterly column is available in six languages)
Disinflation: An Unsung Benefit of Globalization? December 2003
More Cheerleading or More
Whistle-Blowing?
The IMF should speak out more clearly and forcefully when it thinks countries may be headed
for trouble. September 2003
Unlocking Growth in Africa
Aid is desperately needed for humanitarian purposes, but it cannot be the engine of growth. June 2003
A Vote Against Grandiose Schemes
Trying to regiment coordination of dollar, yen, and euro monetary policy isn't worth the risks and costs. March 2003
Rethinking capital controls:
When should we keep an open mind?
Rethinking capital controls: When should we keep an open mind? December 2002
Moral Hazard in IMF Loans: How Big a Concern?
The evidence on the existence of moral hazard in IMF loans is somewhat mixed, despite the excellent repayment record to date.
But the evidence does not suggest that the moral hazard element has been nearly as large as conjectured by some critics
(including me, as an academic in the 1980s). September 2002
Why Are G-3 Exchange Rates So
Fickle?
The mystery of the volatility of the world's three key currencies continues, despite leading economist Rudiger Dornbusch's path-breaking insights. June 2002
The
Surprising Popularity of Paper Currency
Will the global underground economy be the prime destination for those large euro notes? March
2002
Foreign Policy
[Mock] Memo from Paul Wolfowitz, May 2007
Let It Ride, March/April 2005
A Prescription for Marxism, January/February 2005
The Cost of Living Dangerously, November/December
2004
Europe’s Quiet Leap Forward, July/August 2004
The IMF’s China Card, May/June 2004
Bush Throws a Party, March/April 2004
A Development Nightmare, January/February 2004
The IMF Strikes Back, January/February 2003 (Printer friendly version)
Washington Post Editorials
"No More Creampuffs: The Government Is Willing to Let Wall Street Firms Fail," September 16, 2008 (Printer friendly version)
The Debtor’s Empire,
The Banker
Time to Think About the Next Debt Crisis,
Global Agenda Magazine
America’s Current Account: A deficit of judgment, January 2005 (Printer Friendly Version)
Kommersant
(Russian daily newspaper, Moscow)Oil and the Great Moderation, May 16, 2006 (Printer friendly version [in Russian])
Stern Magazine
"Wir zahlen alle," September 23, 2008 [in German]
Sundry
"An Evaluation of World Bank Research, 1998-2005" (with A. Banerjee, A. Deaton, and N. Lustig), September 24, 2006.
Keynote Address on Globalization to the United Nations General Assembly, October 9, 2006. Slides.
“The Euro at Five: Short-run Pain, Long-run Gain?” Journal of Policy Modeling 27(4), June 2005, 441-443
“Fiscal Conservatism, Exchange Rate Flexibility, and the Next Generation of Debt Crises,” Cato Journal, vol 25 (Winter 2005), 33-39
“Extending the Limits of Global Financial Integration,” Journal of Policy Modeling 26(4), June 2004, 519-523
“Some Speculation on Growth and Poverty over the Twenty-First Century,” in Sue Collins and Carol Graham, editors, Globalization, Growth and Poverty, The Brookings Trade Forum (2004)
“U.S. Imbalances and the Euro’s Outlook,” Cato Journal, vol 24, Nos. 1-2 (Spring/Summer 2004) 41-43
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