HIGHLIGHTS: Kenneth Rogoff

Hi everybody, tune in to this short version of the podcast, which we do every Friday. For the long version, tune in on Wednesdays. Hi everyone, I'm Nikolai Tangen, the head of the Norwegian So on Wealth Fund, and today I'm in really good company with Ken Rogoff. Now, Ken is known for his insights into global finance, economic history, and for his incredible book, which he wrote together with Carmen Rehart. which is like a seminal book actually and it's called This Time It's Different.

He's out with a new book coming up soon uh and you can look forward to it. Ken, wonderful to have you here. Uh wonderful to be here. Thank you for having me on your podcast. So um Ken, I think I've said once that discussing, you know, inflation with you, that's a bit like discussing uh the Bible with uh with Jesus.

But I mean let's let's give it a go, huh? I don't know how we can live up to that. But um Ken, um, how would you assess the current state of the global economy just now? Well, it was uh in modestly good shape, but obviously it's being thrown into chaos with uh the restructuring of globalization that Donald Trump comes with, uh, what's happening in Europe, uh, you know, it it's uh a pretty wild time.

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