Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University and former chief economist at the IMF, discusses the US deficit problem and why he thinks it is unlikely to be addressed until a major crisis forces voters to act. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene at the Federal Reserve’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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