Kenneth Rogoff Quotes

• 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

  People, Neighbor

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The problem - at least in the United States - is not that people can't find jobs. The problem is that they're no longer finding jobs that provide them with dignity and decent social status.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Jobs, People, United States

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Struggle, Moving, Chess

  "AI can power this decade" by Kenneth Rogoff, www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2010.

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• 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

  Thinking, Cash, Propose

  "'The Curse Of Cash' Makes Case For A World Without Paper Money". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 1, 2016.

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• 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 explain that he has more money than some countries.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Country, Children, Men

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I think that a lot of the money - these big bills - is used to facilitate tax evasion and crime.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Thinking, Bills, Tax Evasion

  "'The Curse Of Cash' Makes Case For A World Without Paper Money". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 1, 2016.

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• 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 account for mountains of cash out there. I think they're being used in tax evasion and by criminals of all types.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Thinking, Everyday, Mountain

  "'The Curse Of Cash' Makes Case For A World Without Paper Money". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 1, 2016.

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

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Worry, Might, Measles

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• Unbridled capitalism will lead to some very real problems.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Real, Problem, Capitalism

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Marx's theory that only capitalists benefit from capitalism and workers are exploited was completely wrong. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Workers earned more as economies grew.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Benefits, Economy, Theory

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Workers are not being exploited. But if their share of growth doesn't increase, this could be a potential cause of social tension worldwide.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Growth, Causes, Social

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Cash is very easy to hide. It's easy to hoard. It's easy to move, especially these large bills.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Moving, Cash, Bills

  "'The Curse Of Cash' Makes Case For A World Without Paper Money". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 1, 2016.

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• There has been a noticeable decline in the labor factor in all wealthy countries in the past 20 years. The rich are getting richer, but those at the lower end aren't moving ahead as quickly as the capitalists.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Country, Moving, Past

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The assertion that everyone benefits simultaneously from free trade is simply incorrect.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Benefits, Trade, Free Trade

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We Americans are not about to stop borrowing as long as they give us money for nothing.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Long, Giving, Borrowing

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• The Indians and Chinese have become brilliant chess professionals. They get on a plane and play all over the world. This has led to dramatic pressure on incomes. Nowadays, the best chess player in Argentina can no longer make a living playing chess.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Player, Chinese, Argentina

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It comes as no surprise that average Americans have a different perception of the economy than (US President) George W. Bush and his friends. They can play around with statistics as much as they want, but it's clear that we have an unfair distribution of wealth.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Average, Play, Perception

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• 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 really are.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  People, Fields, Affluent

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We're not just going to see mid-sized banks go under in the next few months, we're going to see a whopper.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Next, Months

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• ... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer programs and online matches, there has been a mini-boom in chess interest among young people in many countries.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Country, Player, Availability

  "King Ludd is still dead". www.koreatimes.co.kr. October 11, 2012.

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

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Russia, Too Much, Way

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• 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 nearly the scale that we do.

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Book, Records, Cash

  "'The Curse Of Cash' Makes Case For A World Without Paper Money". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 1, 2016.

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

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Wages, Bigger, Elsewhere

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• Russia exists in the context of open global economy and is a part of it

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Russia, Economy, Global Economy

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• It is vital for Russia to normalize relations with the rest of the world. You shouldn't isolate your economy

  Kenneth Rogoff

  Russia, World, Economy

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