My understanding of it is that Rogoff is a great economic historian, but not a great economist. Or something like that. Paul Krugman, for instance, often points

My understanding of it is that Rogoff is a great economic historian, but not a great economist. Or something like that. Paul Krugman, for instance, often points out that it's sad R&R are so consistently wrong about how to handle the current crises, because this book was so good. So the book may be worth reading in spite of the bad research they've been attached to since.