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Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson is a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and the co-author of White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, And Why It Matters To You.
Articles By Simon Johnson
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Banks Have Become “Too Big To Fail” Again. Uh-Oh.
And there’s only so much governments are willing to do about it.
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Think of the Children
Imposing austerity on our youngest citizens is unfair. It’s also bad economics.
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Going for the Gold
Germany is bringing home the gold it has sitting abroad. What is it afraid of?
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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?
