Power and Consequences Podcast

Position Overview Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson are recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate to research the history, social implications, and future of technology. The position is…

The International Monetary Fund expects the Iran war to slow the global economy and raise inflation. NPR's Michel Martin discusses the forecast with Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist.

As soon as he took office for the second time, Donald Trump made it clear that there would be dramatic changes in US government policy. This column describes how President Trump’s actions may have undermined his stated goal to “Make America Great Again” with low inflation and high rates of growth and employment. Instead, the policies seem more likely to deliver additional frustration and disappointment for most Americans.

A major package of new reforms and investment will put AI at heart of government’s mission to drive growth, create jobs and spread prosperity across the country.

Simon Johnson & Corey Klemmer take aim at a proposal by US regulators to loosen systemically important banks' equity requirements.

Simon Johnson warns that new US legislation leaves the industry just where it wants to be: without regulatory safeguards.

Government. The Big G. We like to imagine the free market and the invisible hand as being independent from political influence. But Nobel laureate, Simon Johnson, says that influence has been there ...

El Nobel de Economía, Simon Johnson, conversó con La W sobre el nuevo presupuesto de Estados Unidos avalado por el Congreso y la administración Trump, exponiendo sus preocupaciones.

The GENIUS Act, in its current form, fails to account for the substantial risk of stablecoin runs and blocks regulators from imposing necessary oversight. It also lacks measures to prevent their use i...

Simon Johnson & Erkki Liikanen look ahead to May 2026, when Donald Trump will nominate Fed Chair Jerome Powell's successor.

President Trump stunned many by pausing higher tariff rates on most other countries for 90 days. But the president raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 125 percent after Beijing retaliated overnight. ...

Simon Johnson, MIT Sloan School of Management professor and former IMF chief economist, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss President Trump's sweeping new global tariffs, impact on the global economy, state...

Free trade has been so beneficial to so many countries that the world may find a way to live without its biggest player.

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Simon Johnson dismisses the argument that US national security depends on gaining control over the island.

In January 2025, we hosted a public event at MIT that brought together policymakers, practitioners and scholars to explore how we can align innovation and eq...