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After two years in Washington as the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenneth S. Rogoff will return to his position as a professor of economics at Harvard next year...
...Rogoff announced his resignation on Tuesday. In an interview yesterday, Rogoff said he had mixed emotions about his decision to leave...
...Being at the IMF] really puts you at the pulse of the global financial system,” Rogoff said. “But at the same time, you don’t get time for reflection...
...September 2001, just his second month at the IMF, Rogoff generated controversy when he declared that a recession in the United States was a “done deal”—even as other top economists downplayed the downturn, attributing it to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks...
...with his deputy reveals much about his personality. “People in Washington give him a world of credit for bringing in Summers. It takes a very confident person to have someone who is so extraordinarily smart and outspoken to have as a number two,” Rogoff says...