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