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US Economists Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson And James Robinson Win Nobel Prize For Groundbreaking Research On Global Wealth Inequality
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 7:19am | 339Three U.S.-based economists have been awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their significant contributions to understanding global wealth inequality. As per the official press release, U.S.-based economists Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson were awarded the...
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How Trump Could Cause A Recession, Even If He Loses The Election
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 1:26pm | 713Donald Trump could cause a recession irrespective of winning or losing in the U.S. elections, according to a commentary by Simon Johnson on Reuters. Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, said, "As it gets closer to November, if the probability of Trump being...
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Is Bank of America Too Big to Manage?
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 3:29pm | 713“The kinds of measures they've taken are stopgap, and [akin to] repainting the deck chairs on the Titanic,” says former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson. Johnson, who spoke to Benzinga during a recent interview, says that Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) “has become too big to manage.” That is just...