To paraphrase a quote often attributed to Leon Trotsky, economists may not be interested in war, but war is interested in them. Kenneth Rogoff* It is not easy to be a centrist economist in today's polarized, social media-driven world, where every idea is quickly classified into one ideological camp or another. Perhaps my 2016 book, 'The Curse of Cash,' which explored the past, present, and future of money, is an example of this. After its publication, I received more than 20 death threats, some clearly from drug dealers and arms dealers angry at my call to gradually phase out $100 bills, and others from cryptocurrency advocates who saw my support
