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Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, is co-founder of the economics blog BaselineScenario.com, a professor at MIT Sloan, and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. His book 13 Bankers, co-authored with James Kwak, is now available in paperback.
Articles By Simon Johnson
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Keep It Simple, Stupid
Our largest banks are too big to manage. We need to cap their assets.
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Fiscal Conservatives Make a Risky Gamble
The rest of the world wants our dollars, which makes borrowing cheap even in troubled times. How long can that last?
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The Jury Is Out on the Euro
Severe mismanagement by European politicians has caused damage that will last for decades.
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Magical Thinking Isn’t Enough
Romney and Obama both owe us better plans for tax reform.
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Too Big To Jail
Why did the Obama administration agree to a "robo-signing" settlement that barely punishes the huge banks behind the foreclosure crisis?
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Break Up the Banks
It makes no sense to keep bailing out bankers while demanding austerity for everyone else.
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Europe’s Korean Option
What Europeans can learn from South Koreans about managing a financial crisis.
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Settling Up
Why the banks should welcome any settlement that finally resolves the mortgage mess.
