Kenneth Rogoff Archive
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Jan 04, 2013
The former president Ronald Reagan hoped by cutting taxes, people would eventually accept less spending by the government. What's needed now is an innovative approach. Read Article Beast that Ronald Reagan tried to starve keeps growing
Dec 07, 2012
Some say the slowdown was caused by a stagnation in technology and innovation, but the aftermath of a deep systemic economic breakdown is more critical. Read Article What now to banish our economic trauma?
Nov 04, 2012
A couple of years ago India was considered a shrewd place to invest, but no longer. Read Article Measures needed to restore Indian growth
Oct 15, 2012
Since the dawn of the industrial age, a recurrent fear has been that technological change will spawn mass unemployment. Neoclassical economists predicted this would not happen, and that prediction has proved to be correct. Read Article An awkward stage of the game, but it's not yet checkmate
Jul 09, 2012
When the financial crisis of 2008 hit, many shocked critics asked why markets, regulators and financial experts failed to see it coming. Today, one might ask the same question about the global economy's vulnerability to cyberattack. Read Article Cyber meltdown danger starts with smug complacency
Jun 07, 2012
Simplistic Keynesian remedies or rigid austerity policies are both dangerously facile. Governments need to balance surpluses and deficits. Read Article No easy solutions to immense debt trouble
Apr 06, 2012
As its workers flee to former colonies, Europe¿s single-currency area may not survive the next few years without more economic and political integration. Read Article No good blaming US for woes of euro zone
Feb 05, 2012
Healthcare experts decry diets high in chemicals, sugar and salt but the companies that make the products that contain them also make fat profits. Read Article Processed food very tasty for producers
Jan 04, 2012
Kenneth Rogoff wants to know: does it really make sense to take growth as the main social objective in perpetuity, as economics textbooks implicitly assume? Read Article Crisis may be good chance to rethink growth strategies
Dec 15, 2011
While life has steadily improved for successive generations, our economic system suffers from an imbalance that makes its long-term outlook decidedly uncertain. Read Article Health, wealth and the future of capitalism
