It's quite astonishing how much money people make in the hedge fund business and in the private equity field, and how well-off… — Kenneth Rogoff Affluent Copy Share Image
I tell my children that a man like Bill Gates has a personal fortune of $100 billion. They can't even comprehend that.… — Kenneth Rogoff Billions Copy Share Image
... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer… — Kenneth Rogoff Availability Copy Share Image
Worrying about inflation now is like worrying about the measles when you might get the plague. — Kenneth Rogoff Inflation Copy Share Image
Unbridled capitalism in the United States can't be sustained socially. It leads to tensions. — Kenneth Rogoff Capitalism Copy Share Image
There has been a noticeable decline in the labor factor in all wealthy countries in the past 20 years. The rich are… — Kenneth Rogoff Capitalist Copy Share Image
People aren't looking at how they're doing, but rather at how their neighbors are doing and at their own place in society. — Kenneth Rogoff Community Copy Share Image
The problem - at least in the United States - is not that people can't find jobs. The problem is that they're… — Kenneth Rogoff Decent Copy Share Image
Unbridled capitalism will lead to some very real problems. — Kenneth Rogoff Capitalism Copy Share Image
Global markets have a much bigger effect on prices and wages in the U.S. and elsewhere than they did before. — Kenneth Rogoff Bigger Copy Share Image
Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough — Kenneth Rogoff Depends Copy Share Image
If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal… — Kenneth Rogoff Able Copy Share Image
Cash is very easy to hide. It's easy to hoard. It's easy to move, especially these large bills. — Kenneth Rogoff Bills Copy Share Image
We all use cash in our everyday life, but we don't use hundred-dollar bills. We're not using 500-euro notes. And yet these… — Kenneth Rogoff Accounts Copy Share Image
Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves. — Kenneth Rogoff Behinds Copy Share Image
The Indians and Chinese have become brilliant chess professionals. They get on a plane and play all over the world. This has… — Kenneth Rogoff Argentina Copy Share Image
It is vital for Russia to normalize relations with the rest of the world. You shouldn't isolate your economy — Kenneth Rogoff Economy Copy Share Image
Russia exists in the context of open global economy and is a part of it — Kenneth Rogoff Economics Copy Share Image
We Americans are not about to stop borrowing as long as they give us money for nothing. — Kenneth Rogoff Borrowing Copy Share Image
It comes as no surprise that average Americans have a different perception of the economy than (US President) George W. Bush and… — Kenneth Rogoff Average Copy Share Image
I think that a lot of the money - these big bills - is used to facilitate tax evasion and crime. — Kenneth Rogoff Bigs Copy Share Image
I don't think it's time yet to eliminate cash, but I propose having a less-cash society, not a cashless one. — Kenneth Rogoff Cash Copy Share Image
“Security is constantly evolving. Some Federal Reserve officials have talked about using a variant of the blockchain methodology pioneered by the cryptocurrency… — Kenneth Rogoff Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“certainly influence the future course of cryptocurrencies, which we take up in chapter 14; governments everywhere are facing the question of how… — Kenneth Rogoff Economics Copy Share Image
The assertion that everyone benefits simultaneously from free trade is simply incorrect. — Kenneth Rogoff Assertion Copy Share Image
