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Kenneth Rogoff

Kenneth Rogoff

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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. Will Trump Get His Wish for a Weaker Dollar?
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    Will Trump Get His Wish for a Weaker Dollar?

    Jul 25, 2024 Kenneth Rogoff foresees the greenback falling in the coming years, given that it is far above normal historical levels.

  2. Are Americans Ready for the US-China Trade War?
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    Are Americans Ready for the US-China Trade War?

    Jul 8, 2024 Kenneth Rogoff warns that, despite what many in policy circles may think, economic decoupling is not a viable option.

  3. Britain’s Democratic Failure
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    Britain’s Democratic Failure

    Jun 10, 2024 Kenneth Rogoff explains why nation-defining decisions should not be put to a simple majority vote.

  4. Central Banks’ New-Old Inflationary Bias
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    Central Banks’ New-Old Inflationary Bias

    May 27, 2024 Kenneth Rogoff explains why policymakers are more likely to risk higher prices during periods of economic uncertainty.

  5. The End of Magical Debt Thinking
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    The End of Magical Debt Thinking

    Apr 29, 2024 Kenneth Rogoff welcomes economists’ recent reassessment of the costs and benefits of public borrowing.

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    In Praise of First-Past-the-Post

    Andrés Velasco explains why Britain’s electoral system is better than all the plausible alternatives.
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    Peacebuilding in the Middle East Requires Women

    Anne-Marie Slaughter & Xanthe Scharff argue that negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians must no longer be the province of men.
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    Macron and Europe’s Centrists Are Out of Good Options

    Yanis Varoufakis shows that an intractable economic conundrum lies behind the current impasse in French politics.
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    Immigration Does Not Start at the US Border

    Carlos Alvarado-Quesada laments the failure of Republicans and Democrats alike to address the root causes of migration.
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    Will AI Kill Off Money?

    Jean-Pierre Landau considers some of the underappreciated implications of an economy run entirely by machines.
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    A Philosopher for Our Times

    Enrique Krauze shows that, given rising illiberalism, the seventeenth-century thinker Baruch Spinoza is as relevant as ever.
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    A New Worldview for Troubled Times

    Dennis J. Snower proposes four principles to guide policymaking and global negotiations in the age of climate change.
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    Navigating Today’s Frothy Financial Markets

    Dambisa Moyo offers a basic framework for assessing the risk of new bubbles and their potential spillover effects.
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    An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?

    M. Niaz Asadullah argues that young protestors could help the country chart a democratic course and achieve sustainable growth.

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