Eight centuries of financial folly and author of the curse of cash. In april 20, rogoff was at the center of worldwide attention with carmen reinhart coauthor of the book this time is different when their widely cited study growth in a time of debt was shown to contain computation errors which critics claim undermine its central thesis that too much debt causes recession. Apr 17, 20 following is a statement on tuesday from professors carmen reinhart and kenneth rogoff in response to a new paper that cited flaws in their 2010 study, growth in a time of debt. Carmen reinhart and kenneth rogoff, leading economists whose work has been influential in the policy. Harvards carmen reinhart and kenneth rogoff are two of the most respected and influential academic economists active today. With this breakthrough study, leading economists carmen reinhart and. Each time, the experts have chimed, this time is differentclaiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters.
International finance and macroeconomics, monetary economics we study economic growth and inflation at different levels of government and external debt. This time is different, carmen m reinhart kenneth s rogoff. For carmen reinhart and ken rogoff, 20 has been a year to forget. Reinhart and rogoff s superb book is a mustread for anyone looking to understand past and present crises, as well as navigate those of tomorrow. Response from reinhart and rogoff the new york times. Despite advances in transactions technologies, paper currency still constitutes a notable percentage of the money supply in most countries.
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Reinhart is the dennis weatherstone senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. Previously, she was the dennis weatherstone senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. He studied 800 years of crises with fellow economist carmen reinhart. Eight centuries of financial folly by rogoff, kenneth s, reinhart, carmen m. For example, it constitutes roughly 10% of the us federal reserves main monetary aggregate, m2. Eight centuries of financial folly has been very widely cited by academics, policymakers and journalists. Net by richard sylla, department of economics, stern school of business, new york university.
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From 20012003, rogoff served as chief economist at the international monetary fund. Rogoff is also known for his seminal work on exchange rates and on central bank independence. The big news in the world of academic economics was that a celebrated and hugely influential paper by. Mar 31, 2020 carmen reinhart and kenneth rogoff released this time is different in 2009. Kenneth rogoff is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and the thomas d. Appendices i macroeconomic series and ii debt list all the variables in the database and. Reinhart, 9780691152646, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The big news in the world of academic economics was that a celebrated and hugely influential paper by the harvard duo on the. This time is different a comprehensive look at international financial crises that puts more recent economic meltdowns into perspectivethroughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashingand recoveringtheir way through an extraordinary range of financial crises.
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