Gita Gopinath to quit as IMF chief economist, return to Harvard

IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath will leave her job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to the global financial institution. Photograph: Charles......

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

On October 1 Indian-American Gita Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the......

'Most immediate problem for India is overhang of private debt'

'Creation of a bad bank is politically a very difficult decision.' 'GST should have been simpler.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Kenneth Rogoff, professor of public policy and economics at......

What exactly ails the world's advanced economies

The biggest failure of post-2008 economic policy has consisted in governments’ inability to find creative ways to write down unsustainable debts, says Kenneth Rogoff. Is today’s......