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Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He is also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C., a co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, a widely cited website on the global economy, and is a member of the Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Economic Advisers.

Mr. Johnson appears regularly on NPR's Planet Money podcast in the Economist House Calls feature, is a weekly contributor to NYT.com's Economix, and has a video blog feature on The New Republic's website. He is co-director of the NBER project on Africa and President of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies (term of office 2008-2009).

From March 2007 through the end of August 2008, Professor Johnson was the International Monetary Fund's Economic Counsellor (chief economist) and Director of its Research Department. At the IMF, Professor Johnson led the global economic outlook team, helped formulate innovative responses to worldwide financial turmoil, and was among the earliest to propose new forms of engagement for sovereign wealth funds. He was also the first IMF chief economist to have a blog.

His PhD is in economics from MIT, while his MA is from the University of Manchester and his BA is from the University of Oxford.

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Simon Johnson's Latest Articles | 101

The Case for a Supertax on Big Bank Bonuses

Jan 11, 2010| 1

The big banks are pre-testing their main messages for bonus season, which starts in earnest next week. Their payouts relative to profits will be “record lows”,... Read »

The Countdown to Goldman’s Bonus Day

Jan 8, 2010| 

Sources say that Goldman Sachs’ bonuses will be announced on Monday, January 18, and actually paid sometime between February 4 and February 7. In previous years,... Read »

Bernanke’s Reply: On the Doom Loop

Dec 22, 2009| 

Senator David Vitter submitted one of my questions to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, as part of his reconfirmation hearings, and received the following reply... Read »

Are the People Running “Large Integrated Financial Groups“ Hapless Fools?

Dec 19, 2009| 

The fundamental divide in opinion regarding our financial system is: Are the people running “large integrated financial groups“ hapless fools, buffeted by forces... Read »

Don’t Worry About Greece

Dec 16, 2009| 2

The latest round of fretting in global debt markets is focused on Greece (WSJ; Greece).  This is misplaced. To be sure, there will be a great deal of shouting before... Read »

Volcker: “Wake Up, Gentlemen”

Dec 15, 2009| 

The guiding myth underpinning the reconstruction of our dangerous banking system is: Financial innovation as-we-know-it is valuable and must be preserved.  Anyone... Read »

Feudal Lords Of Finance

Dec 1, 2009| 

In some influential circles, these questions are now asked: What’s wrong with high levels of inequality in general, and with having very rich bankers in particular. ... Read »

Does Dubai Matter? Ask Ireland

Nov 28, 2009| 3

Presumably the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi are currently locked in negotiations regarding the exact terms that will be attached to a “bailout” for Dubai World. ... Read »

Morgan Stanley Speaks: Against Relying On Capital Requirements

Nov 24, 2009| 

Just when momentum was starting to build for increased capital requirements as the core element of an approach that will reign in reckless risk-taking, Morgan Stanley... Read »

Two Broad Views on Our Newly Resurgent Global Bubbles

Nov 10, 2009| 

There are two broad views on our newly resurgent global bubbles – the increase in asset prices in emerging markets, fuelled by capital inflows, with all the associated... Read »

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