How to Rebuild America’s Economic Foundations
May 1, 2019 & call for a regionally focused strategy that emphasizes higher public investment in basic research.
Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, is a professor at MIT Sloan, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of a leading economics blog, The Baseline Scenario. He is the co-author (with Jonathan Gruber) of Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive the Economic Growth and the American Dream.
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The American Populist Reckoning The American Populist Reckoning
Mar 29, 2019 foresees slower growth, further growth in inequality, and erosion of public services.
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Puerto Rico on the Brink Puerto Rico on the Brink
Feb 28, 2019 worries that a mad scramble by the island's creditors could plunge three million Americans into chaos.
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Five Lessons from the US Government Shutdown Five Lessons from the US Government Shutdown
Jan 31, 2019 argues that the Trump administration's contempt for ordinary people highlights the need for political reform.
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Brexit Does Not Matter Brexit Does Not Matter
Dec 31, 2018 points out that the days when any British policy had a global impact, for good or bad, are long gone.
