Simon Johnson
Today at TNR (September 2, 2009)
Sarah Palin, Meet Hippocrates: ‘Death Panels,’ Medical Ethics, and the Nefarious Critics of Health Care Reform, by Sherwin B. Nuland It’s Easy to Say That Obama Is Losing Popularity Because He’s Been Too Liberal. It’s Also Wrong. by Jonathan Chait Are Democrats Punting on Environmental Issues to Secure a Victory for Health Care? Can They Not Do Both? by Kate Sheppard The Sloppy Language of ‘Mad Men’: Did People Really Talk Like That in the 1960s?
TNRtv: Geithner May Be More Arsonist Than Firefighter
Geithner May Be More Arsonist Than Firefighter
When Did Innovation Start Hurting Society?
TNRtv: What Obama Must Do To Pass Regulatory Reform
Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, argues that if Obama does not sell his plan to overhaul financial regulations to the public, all of our futures will be at risk. Watch the video here. --Ben Eisler Check out the latest on TNRtv: Eisler: Does Improvisation Signal The End Of Classical Music? Or A New Beginning? Schmidle: Will Al-Qaeda Assert Itself In Pakistan? Chait/Wilkinson: What's The Problem With Income Inequality?
TNRtv: Should Geithner Have Told Regulators To F*ck Off?
Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, offers support for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's expletive-laden outburst against financial regulators, arguing that their selfish opposition to Obama's plan is putting us all at risk. --Ben Eisler Check out the latest on TNRtv: Sherman: Is China Finally Sticking It To North Korea? Johnson: How To Deal With Thieving Mortgage Lenders Eisler: When Lawmaking Gets Bloody
Bankers Delight
Simon Johnson is a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is co-founder of the global economy website, BaselineScenario.com. The administration’s media rollout of the Geithner Plan was as meticulously coordinated as a Super Bowl Sunday. In future courses for doctors of spin, there will be a special session on the administration's dogged attempt to get everyone together and work every segment of its increasingly fragmented viewership.
Whistling Past The Graveyard
Simon Johnson is a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is co-founder of the global economy website, BaselineScenario.com. Expectations were low for this weekend's G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors. Despite that, we should be disappointed with the outcome. There was no substantial progress on any policies that will help pull us out of a severe recession. The U.S.
The Slightest Glimmer
In light of the week's terrible economic news we asked Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of Baseline Scenario, if there were any reasons, any at all, to feel hopeful. Here's what he wrote. The most dangerous thing in any economic crisis is denial. West European countries are still refusing to come to grips with the new (downward-looking) realities in East-Central Europe and what that means for their banks and their fiscal solvency.
