Simon Johnson
Economist; Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, and co-author of 13 Bankers and Power and Progress.
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Recommends Red Ink
This is my competition. I chose it because I think we need more of these intelligent, thoughtful, well-documented books that scare the pants off you and convince you that action is needed.
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Recommends Eclipse
Arvind is a very historically minded person. He has dug up a lot of relevant data, and has some wonderful stories that illustrate his points.
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Recommends Why Nations Fail
Why Nations Fail is by two of my favourite economists, two very close friends and co-authors of mine, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. They're tackling a subject that I've worked on with them, and they do a great job of bringing it to life and making it vivid.
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Loved The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
This is one of the great political biographies. Teddy Roosevelt was like a character out of a novel, so it's not surprising that his biography reads like one.
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Loved A History of Interest Rates
This is one of my favourite type of books, which are just about data.
fivebooks.com 11 May 2012
Where they publish
Blog The Baseline Scenario The economics blog he has written since 2008, with James Kwak.
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x.com @baselinescene His posting on banking, industrial policy and macroeconomics.
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- What Are We Getting With All These Data Centers? - Power and Consequence... https://t.co/uPtV5XZKRi via @YouTube 22 Sept 2026
- What Happened to Japan? - Power and Consequences Episode 29 https://t.co/Bt9ts6vU1O via @YouTube when your investment boom/bubble gets out of control - lessons for the US, China 14 Sept 2026
- What is the Bond Market Saying? https://t.co/4U5yklL8mh via @YouTube it is telling the Fed to raise short-term interest rates, to bring inflation down… but the White House has a different (and entirely wrong) theory of the case 7 Sept 2026
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- When Will the Iran War End? - Power and Consequences Episode 27 https://t.co/qiVPrg6mMH via @YouTube Not soon - expect oil prices to stay high and volatile 7 Sept 2026
- Does the Fed Have Inflation Under Control? - Power and Consequences Epis... https://t.co/XFIu9fefNJ via @YouTube Don’t expect the Fed to raise short-term rates in September. The bond market on the other hand… 7 Sept 2026
- Can the U.S.-Iran conflict be resolved without China’s help? We think not: 3 Sept 2026 project-syndicate.org
- New podcast episode: https://t.co/CA0rp35ZIf US-Iran War ends when China decides to help broker a deal (not soon) 31 Aug 2026
- I highly encourage everyone to read @DAcemogluMIT's latest book "What Happened to Liberal Democracy?" from @DuttonBooks, just released this week. Daron not only offers insightful analysis of how and why liberalism went astray, but also lays out a vision for a better path forward. 14 Aug 2026
- S.1241 - Sanctioning Russia Act: https://t.co/N0ci2PLTBl a very good idea whose time has come 23 Jul 2026
- Bipartisan Sanctioning Russia Act: would impose meaningful mandatory sanctions + targeted tariffs. An excellent idea whose time has come. Hopefully, Congress will pass and the President will sign soon 23 Jul 2026
- As the USA approaches its 250th birthday, Gary Gensler and I take a look back at history — and consider what's next. How will AI, this era’s transformative technology, affect society and inequalities? Listen here: 29 Jun 2026
- Pro-worker AI, explained @MITSloan just published this excellent article on my recent paper with @DAcemogluMIT and @davidautor on building pro-worker AI. The priority: finding new ways to expand human capabilities across levels of education and skill 17 Jun 2026 mitsloan.mit.edu
- Ahead of the first FOMC press conference today for new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: We made predictions in our podcast on May 18. What did Gary Gensler and I get right, and what is going to play out differently in light of oil prices, the stock market, AI? 17 Jun 2026 powerandconsequences.com
- My @ProSyn #InsiderInterview with Philippe Aghion is now freely available here: https://t.co/q1pjSpE81D We discuss creative destruction and competition, reviving European dynamism, China, AI, and more 10 Jun 2026
- https://t.co/yO3cS8Aado there is a way out of the Strait of Hormuz, if you think about it carefully… 1 May 2026
- Direct link to today’s podcast episode: After Venezuela and Iran… Is Greenland Next? Both audio and recommended additional reading: 23 Mar 2026 powerandconsequences.com
- Given what happened in Venezuela and what is currently happening in Iran… is Greenland next? Gary Gensler and I discuss in the latest episode of our podcast, Power and Consequences. Available wherever you prefer to get your podcasts 23 Mar 2026 podcasts.apple.com
- https://t.co/9sLQvgKr3Z the Iran-Russia combination suggests that a quagmire looms #OOTT 20 Mar 2026
- https://t.co/BByvQpLiwH latest episode of Power and Consequences (Gary Gensler and Simon Johnson) on Economic Impacts from the Iran Conflict; substack post links to data sources and suggested additional reading #OOTT 16 Mar 2026
- Episode Two of new podcast, Power and Consequences, with Gary Gensler: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy… 9 Mar 2026 open.substack.com
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