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Kenneth Rogoff
Professor of Economics at Harvard & Former Chief Economist of the IMF | Bestselling Co-Author of This Time Is Different | Leading Authority on the Global Economy
Kenneth Rogoff is one of the world's most influential economists, a Harvard professor and former Chief Economist of the IMF. His landmark book This Time Is Different, with Carmen Reinhart, transformed how the world understands debt and financial crises, and his latest, Our Dollar, Your Problem, examines the dollar's future. One of the most-cited economists alive and a chess grandmaster, he gives audiences rare clarity on the global economy.
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Kenneth Rogoff biography
Economics speaker Kenneth Rogoff is one of the most influential and widely cited economists in the world, a professor of economics at Harvard University and the former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund. For five decades, he has helped shape how policymakers, investors, and scholars understand the forces that drive, and destabilize, the global economy: debt, inflation, interest rates, exchange rates, and financial crises. When the world’s central bankers and finance ministers want to understand where the economy is heading, Rogoff is one of the voices they turn to.
Rogoff’s most famous work, the 2009 bestseller This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, co-authored with Carmen Reinhart, drew on centuries of data to reveal the striking patterns behind debt and financial crises, and became essential reading in the wake of the global financial crisis. He is also known for pioneering scholarship on central bank independence and exchange rates, for the widely used graduate text Foundations of International Macroeconomics, and for The Curse of Cash, his examination of the past and future of money. His monthly column reaches readers in more than fifty countries.
The Dollar and the Road Ahead
In his latest book, Our Dollar, Your Problem (2025), Rogoff traces the remarkable postwar rise of the U.S. dollar and the challenges now facing it, from cryptocurrency and the Chinese yuan to the end of an era of reliably low inflation and interest rates. A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, and an international chess grandmaster, he served as the IMF’s chief economist during a period of global financial turbulence and earned his PhD from MIT.
As a speaker, Kenneth Rogoff is authoritative, lucid, and refreshingly candid, translating deep economic scholarship into clear, actionable insight for non-specialists. He speaks on the global economic outlook, inflation and interest rates, debt and financial crises, the future of the dollar and the international monetary system, and cryptocurrency and the changing nature of money. Audiences of executives, investors, and policymakers leave with a rigorous, big-picture understanding of the risks and opportunities ahead, from one of the few people who has shaped economic thinking from both inside government and at the frontier of research.
Kenneth Rogoff Speaking Videos
Keynote: Kenneth Rogoff - Our Dollar, Your Problem (Debt, Deficits & Global Imbalances Conference)
Kenneth Rogoff - 2025 Henry Stimson Lecture on World Affairs
Kenneth Rogoff Keynote Topics
Drawing on five decades at the frontier of economics and his experience as the IMF's chief economist, Kenneth Rogoff gives audiences an authoritative read on where the global economy is heading. He cuts through the noise on inflation, interest rates, growth, and mounting government debt, explaining the forces markets are underpricing and what they mean for business and investment. Rigorous yet accessible, it is essential insight for leaders planning through an era in which, as Rogoff argues, the old economic rules no longer reliably apply.
Based on his landmark bestseller with Carmen Reinhart, this keynote distills centuries of financial history into hard-won lessons about debt, bubbles, and crises, and the dangerous belief, common before every crash, that "this time is different." Rogoff shows why financial crises follow recognizable patterns, how excessive debt builds risk beneath the surface, and what history tells us about the vulnerabilities in today's global economy. A masterclass in financial risk from one of the world's foremost authorities.
Drawing on his 2025 book Our Dollar, Your Problem, Rogoff explores the remarkable rise of the U.S. dollar and the mounting challenges to its dominance, from the Chinese yuan and cryptocurrency to political instability and the end of reliably low inflation. He explains what a shifting monetary order would mean for companies, investors, and governments worldwide. A fascinating, big-picture keynote on one of the most consequential questions in global finance.
From the standardized coin to cryptocurrency and central bank digital currencies, Kenneth Rogoff has spent years studying how money itself is changing. Drawing on The Curse of Cash and his ongoing research, he explores the future of payments, the promise and limits of crypto, the case for and against digital currencies, and what it all means for monetary policy, privacy, and the economy. A thought-provoking look at a transformation that will touch every business and consumer.
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Why Kenneth Rogoff?
Booking Kenneth Rogoff brings audiences one of the most authoritative and widely cited economists in the world. A Harvard professor and former Chief Economist of the IMF, he has shaped economic thinking from both inside global policymaking and at the frontier of academic research, and his bestseller This Time Is Different defined how a generation understands debt and financial crises. Lucid, candid, and refreshingly free of jargon, he translates complex economics into clear insight leaders can act on, on inflation, debt, the dollar, and the global outlook. A member of the National Academy of Sciences and a chess grandmaster, he is ideal for events in finance, economics, global affairs, and business strategy. To bring Kenneth Rogoff to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Kenneth Rogoff?
Kenneth Rogoff is an American economist, a professor of economics at Harvard University, and the former Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund, where he served from 2001 to 2003. He is one of the world's most-cited economists, known for pioneering work on financial crises, central bank independence, and exchange rates. With Carmen Reinhart, he co-authored the influential 2009 bestseller This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, and his other books include Foundations of International Macroeconomics, The Curse of Cash, and, most recently, Our Dollar, Your Problem (2025). He is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, writes a monthly column syndicated in more than fifty countries, and is also an international chess grandmaster.
What is This Time Is Different about?
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly (2009), co-authored by Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart, is one of the most influential economics books of the century. Drawing on an unprecedented dataset spanning eight centuries and dozens of countries, it shows that financial crises, defaults, and debt bubbles follow remarkably consistent patterns throughout history. Its central insight is that in the run-up to nearly every crisis, investors and policymakers convince themselves that the old rules no longer apply and that "this time is different", only to repeat the same mistakes. Published just as the world grappled with the global financial crisis, the book became essential reading for understanding sovereign debt, banking crises, and financial risk, and remains widely cited by economists and policymakers today.
What topics does economics speaker Kenneth Rogoff cover?
Kenneth Rogoff speaks on the global economic outlook, inflation, interest rates, and debt, financial crises and the lessons of history, the future of the U.S. dollar and the international monetary system, and the future of money, from cash to cryptocurrency and central bank digital currencies. His keynotes suit events in economics, finance, global affairs, and business strategy, for corporate, financial, and investor audiences. To book Kenneth Rogoff as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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