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Simon Johnson

Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and a member of the CBO’s Panel of Economic Advisers. He is a co-founder of The Baseline Scenario.

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Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Simon Johnson
Op-Ed

Financial Reform Rising

The story so far on financial reform is not a pleasant one. Fortunately there is now some movement in the right direction.
by
Simon Johnson,
Moyers & Company
June 19, 2014
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Op-Ed

Embrace the Fiscal Cliff

It is exactly such policies that have brought us to our current economic predicament.
by
Simon Johnson,
Moyers & Company
November 14, 2012
Truthout
Op-Ed

The End of the Euro: A Survivor’s Guide

In every economic crisis there comes a moment of clarity. In Europe soon, millions of people will wake up to realize that the euro-as-we-know-it is gone. Economic chaos…
by
Peter Boone &
Simon Johnson,
The Baseline Scenario
May 29, 2012
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Op-Ed

Jamie Dimon Should Resign From the Board of the New York Fed

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, is a member of the board of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Dimon’s role there is sometimes presented as…
by
Simon Johnson,
The Baseline Scenario
May 22, 2012
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Op-Ed

Volcker Rule Would Cause Irreparable Damage to The Muppets – And Much More Broadly

A major new research report – released this weekend by the renowned international consulting firm, IMS – finds conclusively that implementation of the proposed Volcker Rule would damage…
by
Simon Johnson,
The Baseline Scenario
April 2, 2012
Truthout
News Analysis

Last Ditch Attempt to Save a Little Bit of Investor Protection in the United States

As it currently stands, the “JOBS” bill now before the Senate would gut investor protection in the United States. The title of the bill is a complete…
by
Simon Johnson,
The Baseline Scenario
March 24, 2012
Truthout
News Analysis

A Colossal Mistake of Historic Proportions: The “JOBS” Bill

From the 1970s until recently, Congress allowed and encouraged a great deal of financial market deregulation – allowing big banks to become larger, to expand their scope, and…
by
Simon Johnson,
The Baseline Scenario
March 21, 2012
Truthout
Op-Ed

Thanks to “Tax Notes”

In my post this morning on dynamic scoring and how to turn the United States into something closer to Greece, I requested that the publication Tax Notes bring…
by
Simon Johnson,
The Baseline Scenario
March 6, 2012
Truthout
Op-Ed

Why the Banks Are Too Big to Jail

A Bank of America building in San Francisco. (Photo: Michele Ursino / Flickr) Washington, DC – Among the fundamental principles of any functioning justice system…
by
Simon Johnson,
Project Syndicate
February 24, 2012
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Libertarian and the Lobbyists

Washington, DC – In the three years since the global financial crisis erupted, two dominant views of what went wrong have emerged. It is crucial that we understand…
by
Simon Johnson,
Project Syndicate
January 27, 2012
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