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Kenneth S Rogoff
@krogoff
Professor of Economics at Harvard University, former Chief Economist IMF, International Grandmaster of Chess, Latest book: Our Dollar, Your Problem
Cambridge, MA
rogoff.scholars.harvard.edu
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Aug 19, 2025
    Almost a decade ago I was the Harvard economist that said that bitcoin was more likely to be worth $100 than 100k. What did I miss? I was far too optimistic about the US coming to its senses about sensible cryptocurrency regulation; why would policymakers want to facilitate tax
    A decade from now, bitcoin is more likely to be $100 than $100,000, Harvard economist says
    From cnbc.com
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Aug 25, 2016
    See my WSJ weekend section article on THE CURSE OF CASH
    The Sinister Side of Cash
    The Sinister Side of Cash
    From wsj.com
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Oct 22, 2016
    Blaming @bankofengland for woes due to ultra-low world interest rates, globalization and #Brexit uncertainty is naked populism bad economics
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Sep 6, 2025
    In 2013, a trio of UMass scholars, using selective citation and polemic misrepresentation, “proved” that high debt matters little for growth by finding an error in an early conference paper. Yet the full published 2012 paper reached the same conclusions and had no errors.
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    Project Syndicate
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    Sep 6, 2025
    The anti-austerity movement has lost both momentum and intellectual credibility in recent years. In reality, its free-lunch logic was fatally flawed from the start, says @Harvard’s @krogoff. bit.ly/3HIxxxL
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Nov 3, 2025
    A pleasure to be in Paris to give laudation for Silvana Tenreyo's achievement . A brilliant scholar and policymaker, her recent work on exchange rates and monetary policy challenges the sticky-price dollar dominance model many academics and the IMF have coalesced around
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    Kiel Institut
    @kielinstitute
    Sep 9, 2025
    We are delighted to award the 2025 Bernhard Harms Prize to Silvana Tenreyro @LSEnews for her pioneering work in monetary & international economics 👉 ifw-kiel.de/institute/even… The award will be presented on Oct 30 during the 4th Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics in Paris!
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Jan 12, 2017
    Importantly though, main idea of #TheCurseofCash @krogoff is #LessCash society not #cashless one. weforum.org/agenda/2016/09… @HowToSpeakMoney
    weforum.org
    Kenneth Rogoff: Why we need a 'less-cash society'
    Kenneth Rogoff argues that we should reduce the amount of cash in society, particularly higher denomination notes.
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Nov 30, 2016
    "When you take bills out of circulation at short notice...he's aiming at the psychology" #BlackMoney #Demonetisation newyorker.com/business/curre…
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Dec 9, 2016
    See my piece in @FT: India’s cash bonfire is too much, too soon ft.com/content/59c3e9… #DeMonetisation #blackmoney #TheCurseofCash
    India’s cash bonfire is too much, too soon
    From ft.com
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Nov 25, 2016
    this gradualist strategy is more likely to improve tax compliance and reduce corruption over time
    Demonetization Dos and Don’ts
    From project-syndicate.org
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Aug 21, 2025
    If the United States were to face a debt crisis over the next four to five years,  it likely will be very good for crypto assets, if not immediately then in the long run. This will be true whether a US debt crisis morphs into inflation, financial repression, partial default or
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    Foreign Affairs
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    Aug 21, 2025
    “The United States is approaching the point at which the national debt could undermine not only the country’s economic stability but also the things that have sustained its global power for so many decades,” warns ​​@krogoff. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Sep 14, 2025
    The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump can only fire Federal Reserve officials for “just cause”. Does “just cause I want to” count? @realDonaldTrump
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Nov 8, 2016
    A lot of push-back to calling in big bills comes from people who argue it is equivalent to going cashless. Nonsense. @narendramodi is right
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Jan 12, 2017
    Superb and generous article in @NYTmag by John Lanchester featuring #TheCurseofCash and #Demonitization in #India
    Should We Trash Cash? (Published 2017)
    From nytimes.com
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    Kenneth S Rogoff
    @krogoff
    Jan 4, 2017
    The best work on political economy in 2016 wpo.st/qbbP2 by @dandrezner @krogoff on #trump #Trumponomics