Kenneth Rogoff
Kenneth Rogoff is a Professor of Economics and Maurits C. Boas Chair of International Economics at Harvard University. Rogoff is one of the most influential economists of our time and is an international grandmaster of chess. He was the former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund and the Marie Robertson Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University. A widely published author on fiscal and monetary economics and macroeconomics, Rogoff has become best known for his work on financial crises. He has published extensively on policy issues in international finance, including exchange rates, international debt issues, and international monetary policy. He is the co-author of This Time is Different, published together with Carmen Reinhart, one of the most important analyses of the financial crisis of 2008/09.
Kenneth Rogoff Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor of Economics and Maurits C. Boas Chair of International Economics
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Chief Economist and Director of Research
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs
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Professor of Economics
Academic History
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Ph.D, Economics
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B.A., M.A., Economics, Summa Cum Laude
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Elected Member, Econometric Society
Elected Member, The Group of Thirty
RECOGNITIONS
2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics
2011 Adam Smith Award
2008 Bernard Hahms Prize
1998 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
1978 World Chess Federation Life Title of International Grandmaster of Chess
PUBLICATIONS
He is co-author of the widely-used graduate text, Foundations of International Macroeconomics.
His 2009 book with Carmen Reinhart, This Time is Different, has been very widely cited by academics, policymakers and journalists.
His 2016 book The Curse of Cash looks at the past, present and future of currency from standardized coinage to cryptocurrencies.
His monthly syndicated column on global economic issues is published in over 50 countries.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
He has been invited to give numerous named campus-wide research lectures at universities around the world, and also speaks widely on global economic issues.
He has been featured or quoted in Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNBC, Financial Times, The Economic Times, and more.