World Oct 14 Nobel-winning economist Simon Johnson on what causes prosperity gaps between nations By Geoff Bennett
World Oct 06 WATCH: 3 economists who study how weak institutions affect prosperity win 2024 Nobel Prize The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research that explains why societies with poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate sustainable growth. By Daniel Niemann, Mike Corder, Associated Press
Economy Oct 19 Watch Do Large Banks’ Troubles Show They’re Too Big to Manage? Goldman Sachs announced a $428 million quarterly loss Tuesday, just its second loss since going public in 1999. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state, the future and regulation of large American banks with banking industry consultant Bert Ely and Simon Johnson,…
Economy Aug 16 Europe’s Stuttering Economy With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman:…
Arts Aug 16 Europe’s Stuttering Economy With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman: Is… By Paul Solman
Apr 01 Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup By Paul Solman Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out… Continue reading
Apr 01 Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup By Elizabeth Shell Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out this morning,… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Weekonomics: Our Weekly Roundup Simon Johnson joins Paul Solman for Weekonomics- a review of the week's news. Continue watching
May 13 Watch Do Obama’s Financial Reforms Measure Up Against Past Attempts? In his ongoing series of reports making sense of the financial system, Paul Solman talks to author and MIT economics professor Simon Johnson about how President Obama's attempts to regulate financial firms compare to reform campaigns of past presidents. Continue watching
Aug 27 Simon Johnson Previews Next Month’s G20 Meeting in Pittsburgh By Business Desk Editor’s note: Next month, on September 24 and 25, world leaders will convene in Pittsburgh for the annual G20 summit. Atop the agenda: how to get the world economy firmly on the path to recovery. In today’s video conversation,… Continue reading