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Also known as Simon Henry Roberts Johnson, Simon H. R. Johnson, Simon H. Johnson

British-American economist (born 1963)

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Born
1874
Died
1970
Works
21

Top works

  • From fjord to prairie or, In the new kingdom
  • Putere și progres
  • Fire fortaellinger
  • Allterrain Pushchair Walks
  • Corruption, public finances, and the unofficial economy

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1911-05-08
Active to
1938-08-16
27 clubacoustic bluesamericanbluescountry bluesdelta blues

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Listeners
245
Total plays
846

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President
Rodrigo Rato , Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Preceded by
Raghuram Rajan
Succeeded by
Olivier Blanchard
Born
( 1963-01-16 ) January 16, 1963 (age 63) , Sheffield , England , UK
Education
Corpus Christi College, Oxford ( BA ) University of Manchester ( MA ) Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( PhD )
Awards
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2024)
Thesis
Inflation, Intermediation, and Economic Activity (1989)
Doctoral advisor
Rudiger Dornbusch
Discipline
Political economy , Development economics
Website
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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Simon Johnson (economist)
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Simon H. Johnson (born January 16, 1963) is a British-American economist who has served as the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management since 2004. He also served as a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics from 2008 to 2019. Before moving to MIT, he taught at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business from 1991 to 1997. From March 2007 through the end of August 2008, he served as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund.

In 2024, Johnson, Daron Acemoglu, and James A. Robinson were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their comparative studies in prosperity between nations.

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