#  Editorials 

 



### Project Syndicate

[ (This column is published monthly in over 50 countries in over 12 languages.)](http://www.project-syndicate.org/series/30/description)

### Bloomberg

- [Sorry, U.S. Recoveries Really Aren't Different](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-15/sorry-u-s-recoveries-really-aren-t-different.html) ([pdf](/file_url/195)), October 15, 2012

### Financial Times Editorials

- [A Euro Parable: The Young Couple with a Joint Account ](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/bb16c228-8d2d-11e1-8b49-00144feab49a.html)([pdf](/file_url/355)), April 24, 2012
- [Lunch with the FT: Kenneth Rogoff](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/5cfe15e0-4cca-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lQQoaLfy) ([pdf](/file_url/187)), February 4, 2012
- [Our Ignorance will Yield More Crises in Capitalism](http://search.ft.com/search?queryText=our%20ignorance%20will%20yield%20more%20crises)[](http://www.ft.com/home/us) ([pdf](/file_url/184)), February 2, 2012
- [T he Euro Will Cast a Lengthening Shadow](http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2011/12/21/the-eurozone-will-cast-a-lengthening-shadow-in-2012/?Authorised=false#axzz1hH4v7c2L) ([pdf](/file_url/189)), December 22, 2011
- [The Eurozone Does Not Need IMF Help](http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2011/11/04/the-eurozone-does-not-need-imf-help/#axzz1clVWnLLv) ([pdf](/file_url/190)), November 4, 2011
- [2012 Elections Portend Even Greater Volatility](http://search.ft.com/search?queryText=2012%20elections%20portend%20even%20greater%20turmoil%20a), ([pdf](/file_url/192)), October 3, 2011
- [The Bullets Yet to be Fired to Stop the Crisis](http://www.ft.com/home/us), ([pdf](/file_url/191)), August 8, 2011
- [The Global Fallout of a Eurozone Collapse ](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e66a3d7c-9073-11e0-9227-00144feab49a.html#axzz1OYFu1mYQ), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/global_fallout_0.pdf), June 6, 2011
- [History Will Rue US and Europe Debt Woes](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1399efba-5eea-11e0-a2d7-00144feab49a.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/history_will_rue_0.pdf), April 4, 2011
- [Euro Looks Set to Win the Race to the Bottom](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd4a8af0-1e59-11e0-bab6-00144feab49a.html#axzz1AqGRsG7x), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/euro_looks_set_0.pdf), January 12, 2011
- [No Need for a Panicked Fiscal Surge](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6571e6c8-93f5-11df-83ad-00144feab49a.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/no_need_for_0.pdf), July 21, 2010
- [Europe Finds the Old Rules Still Apply](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ecea426c-5877-11df-9921-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/europe_finds_0.pdf), May 5, 2010
- [Bubbles Lurk in Government Debt](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f22a3704-4248-11df-9ac4-00144feabdc0.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bubbles_lurk_0.pdf), April 7, 2010
- [Why We Should Expect Low Growth Amid Debt](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8844ab5a-0baa-11df-9f03-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/why_we_should_expect_0.pdf), January 28, 2010
- [Why We Need to Regulate the Banks Sooner, Not Later](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2d523c0-8c21-11de-b14f-00144feabdc0.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/why_we_need_0.pdf), August 18, 2009
- [US Suffers Fiscal Health Scare](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57257ad4-5b9e-11de-be3f-00144feabdc0.html), [(pdf)](/file_url/196), June 18, 2009
- [Regulation Should Be International](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/983724fc-b589-11dd-ab71-0000779fd18c.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/regulation_should_be_0.pdf), November 18, 2008
- [America Will Need a 1,000bn Bail-Out](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55e1f400-851a-11dd-b148-0000779fd18c.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/america_will_need_0.pdf), September 18, 2008
- [The World Cannot Grow Its Way Out of This Slowdown](/xinha/popups/_0Ahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29a40a90-5d6f-11dd-8129-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/ft_world_cannot_grow_0.pdf), July 29, 2008
- [China May Yet Be the Economy to Lose Sleep Over](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8779e0a8-d38c-11dc-b861-0000779fd2ac.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/china_may_yet_be_0.pdf), February 5, 2008
- [The Fed Must Not Play Santa to the Markets](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7449485e-acc5-11dc-b51b-0000779fd2ac.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/fed_must_not_play_0.pdf), December 18, 2007
- [Americans Will Eventually Learn That Deficits Do Matter](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c6e08210-34c7-11dc-8c78-0000779fd2ac.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/americans_will_eventually_learn_0.pdf), July 18, 2007
- [No Grand Plans, But the Financial System Needs Fixing](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c9a2d606-b718-11db-8bc2-0000779e2340.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/no_grand_plans_0.pdf), February 8, 2007
- [The Myth of Central Banks and Inflation](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff05c5b6-3783-11db-bc01-0000779e2340.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/myth_of_central_banks_0.pdf), August 30, 2006
- [In the Best of Times, It’s Wise to Ponder the Worst](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1754477c-7bbf-11da-ab8e-0000779e2340.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/in_the_best_of_times_0.pdf), January 3, 2006
- [Respect for a Master Banker’s Reading of the Tea Leaves](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f771d46-143b-11da-af53-00000e2511c8.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/greenspan_0.pdf), August 24, 2005
- [A Healthy Global Economy Begins at Home](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/dd5f3e1c-c7ca-11d9-9765-00000e2511c8.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/a_healthy_global_economy_0.pdf), May 19, 2005
- [US Deficit Problem Not Only a Domestic Issue](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec32fa2a-2bab-11d9-970d-00000e2511c8.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/us_deficit_problem_not_only_a_domestic_issue_0.pdf), November 1, 2004
- [Case for Inflation Transparency](http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2003/042303.htm), April 23, 2003
- [An Institution that Eases Financial Pain](http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2002/092702.htm), September 27, 2002
- [The Recession that Almost Was](http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2002/040502.htm), April 5, 2002
- [Taking a Chance on a Permanent Tech Revolution](http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2001/092101.htm), September 21, 2001

### Business Week

- [When Debt Stifles Growth](http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/when-debt-stifles-growth-07142011.html) ([pdf](/file_url/197)) (with Carmen Reinhart), July 14, 2011

### New York Times

- [After the Scandal, More of the Same at the I.M.F.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/opinion/16rogoff.html?_r=2&sq=rogoff&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=all) ([pdf](/file_url/194)), June 15, 2011
- [Davos Debrief: India, Bono and Bird Flu](http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19149-2018621,00.html), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/davos_debrief_0.pdf), February 1, 2006

### Wall Street Journal

- [Crises Are Like Heart Attacks: Predicting Timing Is Tough](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/02/10/qa-ken-rogoff-says-crises-are-like-heart-attacks-predicting-timing-is-tough) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/crises_are_like_heart_attacks_0.pdf), February 10, 2011
- [What Other Financial Crises Tell Us](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123362438683541945.html) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/what_other_financial_crises_0.pdf) (with Carmen Reinhart), February 3 2009
- [Watch Out for Sovereign Debt Risk](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121426585033198517.html) (with Carmen Reinhart), June 24, 2008

### The Economist Magazine

- [The Contemporary Keynes: Which Economist Is Doing Most to Shape Post-Crisis Thinking?](http://www.economist.com/node/18118985?story_id=18118985) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/the_contemporary_keynes_0.pdf), February 10, 2011
- [What If Lehman Had Not Failed?](http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/economicsfocus/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14401566) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/what_if_0.pdf), (Economics Focus), September 10, 2009
- [Drastic Times](http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12887385) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/drastic_times_0.pdf) (Economics Focus), January 8, 2009
- [What Do Earlier Banking Crises Reveal About America's Travails Today?](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/what_do_earlier_banking_crises_0.pdf) (Economics Focus), January 10, 2008
- [A Link Between Unemployment and Inflation Is Fashionable Again](http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_SJGSJSG) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/link_between_unemployment_0.pdf) (Economics Focus) September 28, 2006
- [If It Doesn't Kill You, Financial Globalisation Will Make You Stronger](http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RTSPGGG) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/if_it_doesnt_kill_you_0.pdf) (Economics Focus), May 16, 2006
- [How Low Might the Dollar Sink?](http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_PPSVSRN), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/how_low_might_the_dollar_sink_0.pdf) (Economics Focus) November 11, 2004
- [The Sisters at 60](http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_NJQTPSJ), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/sisters_at_60_0.pdf) (“By Invitation Only”), July 22, 2004
- [Managing the World Economy](http://www.economist.com/finance/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=1259312), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/managing_the_world_economy_0.pdf) (“By Invitation Only”), August 3, 2002
- [New Solutions, New Questions](http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_NRRQT), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/economics_focus_august_2000_0.pdf) (Economics Focus; Part II on “[The Six Major Puzzles in International Macroeconomics](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/NBER2000.pdf)”), August 3, 2000
- [Saturated Solution](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/economics_focus_july_2000_0.pdf) (Economics Focus; Part I on “[The Six Major Puzzles in International Macroeconomics](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/NBER2000.pdf)”), July 27, 2000

### Finance and Development

(This quarterly column is available in [six languages.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2003/09/index.htm))

- [Disinflation: An Unsung Benefit of Globalization?](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2003/12/pdf/straight.pdf), December 2003
- [More Cheerleading or More Whistle-Blowing?](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2003/09/pdf/straight.pdf) September 2003
- [Unlocking Growth in Africa](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2003/06/pdf/straight.pdf), June 2003
- [A Vote Against Grandiose Schemes](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2003/03/rogo.htm), March 2003
- [Rethinking capital controls: When should we keep an open mind?](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2002/12/rogoff.htm) December 2002
- [Moral Hazard in IMF Loans: How Big a Concern?](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2002/09/rogoff.htm) September 2002
- [Why Are G-3 Exchange Rates So Fickle?](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2002/06/rogoff.htm) June 2002
- [The Surprising Popularity of Paper Currency](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2002/03/rogoff.htm), March 2002

### Foreign Policy

- [\[Mock\] Memo from Paul Wolfowitz](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mock_memo_0.pdf), May 2007
- [Let It Ride](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/let_it_ride_0.pdf), March/April 2005
- [A Prescription for Marxism](http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2005/01/05/a_prescription_for_marxism), January/February 2005
- [The Cost of Living Dangerously](http://www.economics.harvard.edu/files/faculty/51_cost_of_living_dangerously_0_0_0.pdf), November/December 2004
- [Europe’s Quiet Leap Forward](http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2004/07/01/europes_quiet_leap_forward), July/August 2004
- [The IMF’s China Card](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/imfs_china_card_0_0_0.pdf), May/June 2004
- [Bush Throws a Party](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bush_throws_a_party_0.pdf), March/April 2004
- [A Development Nightmare](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/a_development_nightmare_0.pdf), January/February 2004
- [The IMF Strikes Back](http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2003/021003.htm) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/imf_strikes_back_0.pdf), January/February 2003

### Washington Post Editorials

- [No More Creampuffs: The Government Is Willing to Let Wall Street Firms Fail](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091502532.html?sub=new) [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/no_more_creampuffs_0.pdf), September 16, 2008
- [The Debtor’s Empire](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/debtors_empire_0.pdf), October 20, 2003

### Newsweek International

- [Don't Buy the Chirpy Forecasts](http://www.newsweek.com/id/190340), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/dont_buy_the_chirpy_forecasts_0.pdf), from issue dated March 30, 2009
- [The Making of America 2.0](http://www.newsweek.com/id/161990), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/making_of_america_0.pdf), October 2, 2008
- [The World Still Needs the IMF](http://www.newsweek.com/id/45666), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/world_still_needs_imf_0.pdf), September 25, 2006
- [The Myths of the Cheap Yuan](http://www.newsweek.com/id/48834), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/myths_of_the_cheap_yuan_0.pdf), February 28, 2005
- [Final Grade For Wolfensohn](http://www.newsweek.com/id/48095), January 17, 2005
- [Power to the Middle Guys](http://www.newsweek.com/id/55904), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/power_to_the_middle_guys_0.pdf), January 2, 2005
- [This Time It's Not Different](http://www.newsweek.com/), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/this_time_its_not_different_0.pdf), February 16, 2004

### VoxEU

- [This Time Is Different Again? Two years after the onset of subprime](http://www.voxeu.org/article/time-different-again-us-five-years-after-onset-subprime-0) (with Carmen Reinhart), [(pdf)](/file_url/354), October 22, 2012
- [Do Countries "Graduate" from Crises: Some Historical Perspective](http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5450) (with Rong Qian and Carment Reinhart). August 31, 2011
- [Capital Controls: a Meta-Analysis Approach](http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6266) (with Nicolas Magud and Carmen Reinhart), March 24, 2011
- [Debt and Growth Revisited](http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5395) (with Carmen Reinhart), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/debt_and_growth_revisited_vox_0.pdf), August 11, 2010

### The Banker

- [Time to Think About the Next Debt Crisis](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/the_banker_november_1_2004_0.pdf), November 1, 2004

### Global Agenda Magazine

- [America’s Current Account: A deficit of judgment](http://www.globalagendamagazine.com/2005/kennethrogoff.asp) [(pdf), ](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/deficit_of_judgment_0.pdf)January 2005

### Kommersant

(Russian daily newspaper, Moscow)

- [Oil and the Great Moderation](http://www.kommersant.com/) (in Russian), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kommersant_may_16_0.pdf), May 16, 2006

### Stern Magazine

- [Es Wird ein Langer, Sehr Schmerzhafter Prozess](http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/griechenland-krise-wirtschaftsforscher-warnt-vor-finanztsunami-1683510.html) (in German), [(pdf)](http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/es_wird_ein_0.pdf), May 11, 2011
- [Wir zahlen alle](http://www.stern.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/maerkte/:US-_D6konom-Rogoff-Wir/639994.html) (in German), September 23, 2008