Simon Johnson (economist)
Simon Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | political economy, development economics |
| Alma mater | MIT (Ph.D.) University of Manchester (M.A.) University of Oxford (B.A.) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Simon Johnson is a British American economist. He currently is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management at MIT.[1] He has held a wide variety of academic and policy-related positions, including Professor of Economics at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.[2] From March 2007 through the end of August 2008, he was Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund.[3]
Education
Simon Johnson holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT, an M.A. from the University of Manchester, and his B.A. is from the University of Oxford.
Affiliations
Among other positions he is a Research Associate at the NBER and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research.[4] He is also a member of the Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Economic Advisers.[3] In 2006-7 he was a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.[3] He is on the editorial board of four academic economics journals.[3]
He is an expert on financial crises in both the developed world and in emerging markets. He co-founded with James Kwak the BaselineScenario.com website chronicling the current financial crisis, to substantial critical acclaim.[5]
In the May 2009 issue of The Atlantic Online Johnson argues that the U.S. economic recovery will fail unless the "financial oligarchy",[6] responsible for the crisis in the first place, now using its influence to block necessary reform, is broken. The government, captured by the finance industry, seemingly "helpless, or unwilling, to act against them",[6] is, according to Johnson, running out of time needed to prevent a true depression.[6][7] He has argued that the recent SEC filing against Goldman Sachs may be a turning point in the right direction.[8]
Other
In one of his appearances on PBS's Bill Moyers Journal, Johnson confirmed that he is a United States citizen who voted for President Barack Obama.[9]
References
- ^ Interview with Terry Gross on NPR
- ^ LA Times, 29 November 1991, "Muscovites: Want Shares In Boeing For 44 ½?"
- ^ a b c d Simon Johnson's biography at MIT
- ^ List of Center for Economic Policy Research Fellows
- ^ Baseline Scenario website
- ^ a b c The Atlantic Online May 2009: The Quiet Coup by Simon Johnson
- ^ Bill Moyers Journal: Interview with Simon Johnson
- ^ The Baseline Scenario: Our Pecora Moment
- ^ "Bill Moyers Journal".
External links
- Johnson's homepage at MIT
- Simon Johnson's biography at MIT
- Simon Johnson's biography at the IMF
- "The Hopeful Science", A monthly column for Project Syndicate.
- Video (with audio-only available) of conversation with Johnson about economic issues on Bloggingheads.tv
- Simon Johnson's economics blog "Baseline Scenario"
- Interview with BBC Peter Day's World of Business - Podcast
- MIT video presentation of "13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown"
- April 16 2010 appearance on Bill Moyer's Journal, joined by colleague James Kwak
- Review of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown by John Stoehr, New Haven Advocate
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