Simon Johnson

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economist

Simon Johnson is an economist known for his work on financial crises, institutions, and economic development, and for co-authoring influential books such as "Why Nations Fail" with Daron Acemoglu.

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instanceOf economist →
citizenship United Kingdom →
United States of America →
coAuthorWith Daron Acemoglu →
James Kwak →
Jonathan Gruber →
countryOfWork United States of America →
educatedAt MIT Sloan School of Management →
University of Manchester →
University of Oxford →
employer International Monetary Fund →
MIT Sloan School of Management →
Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
fieldOfWork economic development →
financial economics →
macroeconomics →
political economy →
genre economic commentary →
non-fiction →
hasRole policy advisor →
public intellectual on economic policy →
hasWrittenFor Project Syndicate →
The Atlantic →
The New York Times →
The Washington Post →
influencedBy Daron Acemoglu →
knownFor public commentary on global economic policy →
research on financial crises →
research on institutions and economic development →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
memberOf National Bureau of Economic Research →
Peterson Institute for International Economics →
notableIdea analysis of the political power of the financial sector →
arguments for breaking up large banks →
notableWork 13 Bankers →
Jump-Starting America →
White House Burning →
Why Nations Fail →
occupation economist →
positionHeld Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund →
Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management →
Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship →
researchInterest emerging markets →
financial regulation →
institutional quality and growth →
sovereign debt crises →
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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity →
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Daron Acemoglu →
coAuthor
James A. Robinson →
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