Editorials
Project Syndicate
(This column is published monthly in over 50 countries in over 12 languages.)
Bloomberg
- Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren't Different (pdf), October 15, 2012
Financial Times Editorials
- 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 Capitalism (pdf), February 2, 2012
- T he 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 Volatility, (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 (pdf) (with Carmen Reinhart), July 14, 2011
New York Times
- After the Scandal, More of the Same at the I.M.F. (pdf), June 15, 2011
- Davos Debrief: India, Bono and Bird Flu, (pdf), February 1, 2006
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 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? September 2003
- Unlocking Growth in Africa, June 2003
- A Vote Against Grandiose Schemes, March 2003
- Rethinking capital controls: When should we keep an open mind? December 2002
- Moral Hazard in IMF Loans: How Big a Concern? September 2002
- Why Are G-3 Exchange Rates So Fickle? June 2002
- The Surprising Popularity of Paper Currency, 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 (pdf), January/February 2003
Washington Post Editorials
- No More Creampuffs: The Government Is Willing to Let Wall Street Firms Fail (pdf), September 16, 2008
- 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, January 17, 2005
- Power to the Middle Guys, (pdf), January 2, 2005
- This Time It's Not Different, (pdf), February 16, 2004
VoxEU
- This Time Is Different Again? Two years after the onset of subprime (with Carmen Reinhart), (pdf), October 22, 2012
- Do Countries "Graduate" from Crises: Some Historical Perspective (with Rong Qian and Carment Reinhart). August 31, 2011
- Capital Controls: a Meta-Analysis Approach (with Nicolas Magud and Carmen Reinhart), March 24, 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 (pdf), January 2005
Kommersant
(Russian daily newspaper, Moscow)
- Oil and the Great Moderation (in Russian), (pdf), May 16, 2006
Stern Magazine
- Es Wird ein Langer, Sehr Schmerzhafter Prozess (in German), (pdf), May 11, 2011
- Wir zahlen alle (in German), September 23, 2008