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Kenneth Rogoff

Kenneth Rogoff

Writing for PS since 2002
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Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University and recipient of the 2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2003. He is co-author of This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly (Princeton University Press, 2011) and author of The Curse of Cash (Princeton University Press, 2016).

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  1. The Debt Supercycle Comes to China
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    The Debt Supercycle Comes to China

    Aug 17, 2023 Kenneth Rogoff argues that the theory seems to offer the best explanation for the Chinese economy’s current slowdown.

  2. Europe Must Lead Ukraine’s Reconstruction
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    Europe Must Lead Ukraine’s Reconstruction

    Aug 7, 2023 Kenneth Rogoff urges the continent’s governments to accept their historic responsibility to manage the postwar recovery.

  3. Rethinking Climate Finance for the Developing World
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    Rethinking Climate Finance for the Developing World

    Jun 29, 2023 Kenneth Rogoff explains how advanced economies could persuade the Global South to embrace the clean-energy transition.

  4. The US Debt Ceiling Debacle Is Not Over
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    The US Debt Ceiling Debacle Is Not Over

    May 29, 2023 Kenneth Rogoff sees little reason to believe the latest last-minute deal will be anything more than a short-lived truce.

  5. Biden’s South American Blind Spot
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    Biden’s South American Blind Spot

    May 1, 2023 Kenneth Rogoff thinks the US should be more worried than it is about China’s expanding economic footprint in the region.

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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito

    Following the latest G20 summit, the G7 should be thinking seriously about deepening its own ties with more non-aligned countries. If the Ukraine war drags on, and if China continues to threaten to take Taiwan by force, the G20 will be split between friends of the BRICS and friends of the G7.

    sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.
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    Measuring Corruption in China

    Yongheng Deng & Shang-Jin Wei outline a novel approach to assessing the extent and scope of the country's graft problem.
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    To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify promising new models and philanthropic initiatives geared toward supporting independent media.
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    How to Achieve Universal Cancer Care

    Sonali Johnson urges governments worldwide to include the disease in national health-insurance schemes.
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    What Climate Finance Needs

    Nouriel Roubini & Reza Bundy

    To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.

    explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
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    Down on the Biden Economy

    James K. Galbraith thinks the failure of wages to keep up with inflation explains much of the public’s dour mood.
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    The Dollar’s Full-Spectrum Dominance

    Carla Norrlöf foresees the greenback’s continued global hegemony owing to network effects and opportunism.

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