Cash Quote by Kenneth Rogoff

It's quite astonishing how much money people make in the hedge fund business and in the private equity field, and how well-off affluent families…

— Kenneth Rogoff

I tell my children that a man like Bill Gates has a personal fortune of $100 billion. They can't even comprehend that. Then I…

— Kenneth Rogoff

... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer programs and…

— Kenneth Rogoff

Worrying about inflation now is like worrying about the measles when you might get the plague.

— Kenneth Rogoff

Unbridled capitalism in the United States can't be sustained socially. It leads to tensions.

— Kenneth Rogoff

There has been a noticeable decline in the labor factor in all wealthy countries in the past 20 years. The rich are getting richer,…

— Kenneth Rogoff

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

The problem - at least in the United States - is not that people can't find jobs. The problem is that they're no longer…

— Kenneth Rogoff

Unbridled capitalism will lead to some very real problems.

— Kenneth Rogoff

Global markets have a much bigger effect on prices and wages in the U.S. and elsewhere than they did before.

— Kenneth Rogoff

Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough

— Kenneth Rogoff

If you didn't have employers able to pay off the books and off the record safely in cash, you wouldn't have illegal immigration on…

— Kenneth Rogoff