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 mor…

- Kenneth Rogoff

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

- Kenneth Rogoff

Unbridled capitalism will lead to some very real problems.

- Kenneth Rogoff

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

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

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

- Kenneth Rogoff

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 c…

- Kenneth Rogoff

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

- Kenneth Rogoff

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

- Kenneth Rogoff