Economist Kenneth Rogoff Calls for Crisis to Fix US Deficit

Rogoff Says Economic Shock Needed to Force US Deficit Reform

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. (Source: Bloomberg)