
The Perils of an Uneven Global Recovery
Feb 5, 2021 warns that many poorer economies could take years to return their pre-pandemic growth trajectories.
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 and author of The Curse of Cash.
Feb 5, 2021 warns that many poorer economies could take years to return their pre-pandemic growth trajectories.
Jan 6, 2021 explains why carbon border taxes alone will not encourage poorer countries to meet climate goals.
Dec 31, 2020 praises the recent Netflix miniseries and explains why chess is booming in the Internet age.
Dec 7, 2020 cautions against the view that large investment projects will necessarily boost long-term growth.
Nov 10, 2020 explains why the stability of major currencies during the pandemic is unlikely to persist in the long term.
Many would regard the middle of a pandemic-induced economic crisis as the wrong time to sound the alarm about the potential dangers of profligate government spending. But as US President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan works its way through Congress, it is not only Republicans who are asking whether providing too much fiscal stimulus could be just as risky as delivering too little.