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Kenneth Rogoff: A tear for Argentina

Argentina's latest debt trauma shows that the global system for sovereign-debt workouts remains badly in need of repair

Kenneth Rogoff: Europe's debt wish

Structural reforms and fiscal austerity fall far short of being a complete solution to Europe's debt problems

Kenneth Rogoff: The 4% non-solution

Kenneth Rogoff: Where is the inequality problem?

The capitalist system has had an impressive three decades when it comes to reducing inequality

Kenneth Rogoff: A surplus of controversy

Germany's big current-account surplus is not a problem with a simple solution

Kenneth Rogoff: Malthus, Marx and modern growth

Advanced economies trying to raise living standards face challenges greater than ever before

Kenneth Rogoff: How fragile are emerging markets?

Today's drama actually reflects the shock absorbers of flexible exchange rates at work

Kenneth Rogoff: Foreign aid follies

A new book warns development assistance must not stand in the way of organic forces that could deliver long-term change

Kenneth Rogoff: The problem with the West

The author asks what exactly ails the world's advanced economies

Kenneth Rogoff: The problem with wealth taxes

Advanced countries have implemented very little fundamental tax reform so far. Many governments are giving in to higher marginal tax rates

Kenneth Rogoff: America's endless budget battle

The wrangling between the US president and the legislature will only harm the dollar, and global financial stability

Kenneth Rogoff: Are emerging markets submerging?

Kenneth Rogoff argues there's no change to the basic story - just a slight narrowing of growth differentials

The Fed needs an inflation dove

Rather than inflation targeting, the US central bank needs to focus on reflation targeting

Golden slumbers

A free market for gold will always be risky and volatile

Inflation is still the lesser evil

Central banks worldwide should continue to focus on growth, not on inflation orthodoxy

Europe's lost Keynesians

Temporary demand-boosting measures may help short-run growth, but they will not solve problems in the long run

The long mystery of low interest rates

Asian investment is booming again, so why are global interest rates even lower now

Mexico breaking good

Mexico is moving away from dependence on oil revenue, and is positioned to be the next breakout nation

Kenneth Rogoff: Blaming the Fed

It is ludicrous to single out the US central bank for missing the financial crisis of 2008

Kenneth Rogoff: The unstarvable beast

Effective public spending requires governments to match the innovation of other service industries