# So what has Ken Rogoff been up to lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** All Things Chess\ **Created:** [September 6, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903 "2012-09-06T21:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nolan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/nolan/32/174_2.png) [@nolan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/nolan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903/1 "2012-09-06T21:51:02Z")
A recent article by GM Ken Rogoff, but nary a mention of chess: [project-syndicate.org/commen … eth-rogoff](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ending-the-financial-arms-race-by-kenneth-rogoff) ---
**Author:** ![eastside](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/eastside/32/3726_2.png) [@eastside](https://forum.uschess.org/u/eastside)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903/2 "2012-09-06T21:58:22Z")
I understand that he played some blitz against Magnus Carlsen during Carlsen’s recent US visit. ---
**Author:** ![wilecoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2bfe46/32.png) [@wilecoyote](https://forum.uschess.org/u/wilecoyote)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903/3 "2012-09-06T23:51:46Z")
He seems to be a somewhat regular commentator for economic matters on National Public Radio ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Bauer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/randy_bauer/32/688_2.png) [@Randy\_Bauer](https://forum.uschess.org/u/Randy_Bauer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903/4 "2012-09-07T00:12:39Z")
> [@wilecoyote](#): > > He seems to be a somewhat regular commentator for economic matters on National Public Radio He co-authored, with Carmen Reinhart, arguably the best book to explain the meltdown associated with the last economic downturn, “This Time It’s Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly.” He’s also a chaired professor in the Economics Department at Harvard University. ---
**Author:** ![kevin\_bachler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/kevin_bachler/32/667_2.png) [@kevin\_bachler](https://forum.uschess.org/u/kevin_bachler)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903/5 "2012-09-07T01:55:51Z")
> [@Randy Bauer](#): > > > [@wilecoyote](#): > > > > He seems to be a somewhat regular commentator for economic matters on National Public Radio > > He co-authored, with Carmen Reinhart, arguably the best book to explain the meltdown associated with the last economic downturn, “This Time It’s Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly.” He’s also a chaired professor in the Economics Department at Harvard University. It’s important that a professor have a comfortable place to sit. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![nolan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/nolan/32/174_2.png) [@nolan](https://forum.uschess.org/u/nolan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903/6 "2012-09-07T02:05:18Z")
Ken is considered one of the leading experts on international finance, having worked at both the Fed and the IMF, but his work is probably more applied than theoretical, which means he may never earn a trip to Stockholm. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uschess.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/so-what-has-ken-rogoff-been-up-to-lately/16903/7 "2024-04-22T08:36:20Z")