Kenneth Rogoff

Editorials

Project Syndicate column, published monthly in over 50 countries in over 12 languages

Bloomberg

Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren't Different, October 15, 2012

Financial Times Editorials

The World is Right to Worry About US Debt, January 25, 2013

A Euro Parable: The Young Couple with a Joint Account (pdf), April 24, 2012

Lunch with the FT: Kenneth Rogoff (pdf), February 4, 2012

Our Ignorance will Yield More Crises in Capital ism (pdf), February 2, 2012

The Euro Will Cast a Lengthening Shadow (pdf), December 22, 2011

The Eurozone Does Not Need IMF Help (pdf), November 4, 2011

2012 Elections Portend Even Greater Volatitility, (pdf), October 3, 2011

The Bullets Yet to be Fired to Stop the Crisis, (pdf), August 8, 2011

The Global Fallout of a Eurozone Collapse , (pdf), June 6, 2011

History Will Rue US and Europe Debt Woes, (pdf), April 4, 2011

Euro Looks Set to Win the Race to the Bottom, (pdf), January 12, 2011

No Need for a Panicked Fiscal Surge, (pdf), July 21, 2010

Europe Finds the Old Rules Still Apply, (pdf), May 5, 2010

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

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

Why We Need to Regulate the Banks Sooner, Not Later, (pdf), August 18, 2009

US Suffers Fiscal Health Scare, (pdf), June 18, 2009

Regulation Should Be International, (pdf), November 18, 2008

America Will Need a 1,000bn Bail-Out, (pdf), September 18, 2008

The World Cannot Grow Its Way Out of This Slowdown, (pdf), July 29, 2008

China May Yet Be the Economy to Lose Sleep Over, (pdf), February 5, 2008

The Fed Must Not Play Santa to the Markets, (pdf), December 18, 2007

Americans Will Eventually Learn That Deficits Do Matter, (pdf), July 18, 2007

No Grand Plans, But the Financial System Needs Fixing, (pdf), February 8, 2007

The Myth of Central Banks and Inflation, (pdf), August 30, 2006

In the Best of Times, It’s Wise to Ponder the Worst, (pdf), January 3, 2006

Respect for a Master Banker’s Reading of the Tea Leaves, (pdf), August 24, 2005

A Healthy Global Economy Begins at Home, (pdf), May 19, 2005

US Deficit Problem Not Only a Domestic Issue, (pdf), November 1, 2004

Case for Inflation Transparency, April 23, 2003

An Institution that Eases Financial Pain, September 27, 2002

The Recession that Almost Was, April 5, 2002

Taking a Chance on a Permanent Tech Revolution, September 21, 2001

Business Week

When Debt Stifles Growth (with Carmen Reinhart), July 14, 2011

New York Times

New York Times, After the Scandal, More of the Same at the I.M.F., June 16, 2011

Davos Debrief: India, Bono and Bird Flu, (pdf), February 1, 2006

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal, Crises Are Like Heart Attacks: Predicting Timing Is Tough, (pdf), February 10, 2011

What Other Financial Crises Tell Us, (pdf) (with Carmen Reinhart), February 3 2009

Watch Out for Sovereign Debt Risk (with Carmen Reinhart), June 24, 2008

The Economist Magazine

The Economist, The Contemporary Keynes: Which Economist Is Doing Most to Shape Post-Crisis Thinking?, (pdf), February 10, 2011

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

Drastic Times, (pdf) (Economics Focus), January 8, 2009

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, (pdf) (Economics Focus) September 28, 2006

If It Doesn't Kill You, Financial Globalisation Will Make You Stronger,(pdf) (Economics Focus), May 16, 2006

How Low Might the Dollar Sink?, (pdf) (Economics Focus) November 11, 2004

The Sisters at 60, (pdf) (“By Invitation Only”), July 22, 2004

Managing the World Economy, (pdf) (“By Invitation Only”), August 3, 2002

New Solutions, New Questions, (pdf) (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

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 (pdf)

Washington Post Editorials

No More Creampuffs: The Government Is Willing to Let Wall Street Firms Fail, September 16, 2008 (pdf)

The Debtor’s Empire, October 20, 2003

Newsweek International

Don't Buy the Chirpy Forecasts, (pdf), from issue dated March 30, 2009

The Making of America 2.0, (pdf), October 2, 2008

The World Still Needs the IMF, (pdf), September 25, 2006

The Myths of the Cheap Yuan, (pdf), February 28, 2005

Final Grade For Wolfensohn, (pdf), January 17, 2005

Power to the Middle Guys, (pdf), January 2, 2005

This Time It's Not Different, (pdf), February 16, 2004

VoxEU

Capital Controls: a Meta-Analysis Approach (with Nicolas Magud and Carmen Reinhart), March 24, 2011

Do Countries "Graduate" from Crises: Some Historical Perspective (with Rong Qian and Carment Reinhart). August 31, 2011

Debt and Growth Revisited (with Carmen Reinhart), (pdf), August 11, 2010

The Banker

Time to Think About the Next Debt Crisis, November 1, 2004

Global Agenda Magazine

America’s Current Account: A deficit of judgment, January 2005 (pdf)

Kommersant

(Russian daily newspaper, Moscow)

Oil and the Great Moderation (in Russian), May 16, 2006 (pdf)

Stern Magazine

Stern Magazine (in German), Es Wird ein Langer, Sehr Schmerzhafter Prozess, (pdf), May 11, 2011

Wir zahlen alle (in German), September 23, 2008