The Plank (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Jason Zengerle Why Warren Buffett’s Investment in Railroads Is a Bet Against the Dollar , by Simon Johnson Tell Me Where You’re From and I’ll Tell You How You Voted on the Climate Bill , by Mark Muro and Jonathan Rothwell Can Our Economy Recover Without Dropping Our Protectionist Trade Policies? by Jonathan Rothwell and Mark Muro As always, be sure to check out economic...
Credit Writedowns (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This is pretty funny. Hat Tip Rob Johnson and New Deal 2.0. Source Money performed by Cypress Hill – Answers.com What does "dollar, dollar bill, y’all" mean? – Yahoo! Answers Share and Enjoy: Readers who viewed this page, also viewed:‘Buy American horror stories’ in Canada Related posts:Simon Johnson: Too big to fail is “too big to...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... and Marty Peretz's The Spine . Also be sure to take a look at TNR's new blogs by William Galston , Simon Johnson , Ed Kilgore , Damon Linker , and John McWhorter .
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The Baseline Scenario submits: By Simon Johnson The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors are meeting today in St. Andrews , talking about the data they will need to look at in order to monitor each other’s economic performance and sustain growth (seriously). Complete Story »
Freedom To Choose (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Here is a chilling quote via the Telegraph : 'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board' Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, should accelerate moves towards a common European position in international economic institutions. He said: “People say that the EU is not a country and only countries can have IMF...
Houston's Clear Thinkers (Free subscription) | yesterday
... York Fed how to use an ATM. [. . .] I do not see how reading this book can help but reinforce a Simon Johnson/James Kwak view of Washington captured by Wall Street. Paulson seems to have no use for anyone who is not a Goldman Sachs alumnus. Geithner seems to have no use for anyone who is not a CEO of a large financial institution. Both of them view the collapse of major Wall Street...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
HOMENEWSWORLD NEWSEUROPEEU'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board'Britain should give up its place on the International Monetary Fund to make way for a single European Union seat on the fund’s board, a leading economist has said. By James Kirkup, Political CorrespondentPublished: 10:00PM GMT 06 Nov 2009Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and Marty Peretz's The Spine . Also be sure to take a look at TNR's new blogs by William Galston , Simon Johnson , Ed Kilgore , Damon Linker , and John McWhorter .
The anger of a Quiet Man (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Didn't take them long, soon after Lisbon was signed they're up and running to take away British representation on the IMF. 'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board' Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, should accelerate moves towards a common European position in international economic institutions. The Lisbon...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Don’t Have to , by Jonathan Chait Could the Economy Survive With Just Medium-Sized Banks? by Simon Johnson When Politics and Academia Don’t Mix , by Zubin Jelveh As always, be sure to check out economic news on The Stash , environment and energy coverage on The Vine , the latest on health care at The Treatment , metro policy debate on The Avenue , and Marty Peretz's The...
EconLog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... of regulators to supervise large institutions. Our view is best expressed by Baseline Scenario's Simon Johnson and James Kwak, who apparently were not at the meeting in person although were likely represented in spirit. That is, regardless of the intentions of regulators, when financial institutions are large, they become politically powerful. It is a variation on the cliche that...
The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... and Marty Peretz's The Spine . Also be sure to take a look at TNR's new blogs by William Galston , Simon Johnson , Ed Kilgore , Damon Linker , and John McWhorter .
Twenty-Cent Paradigms (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... terror will be convincing China to relax its de facto Dollar peg (but not too abruptly, please). Simon Johnson suggests an approach to deal with this issue: Talking in public about big sticks never goes down well in Asia, and the administration should deny any inclination in this direction. But the mainstream consensus is starting to shift toward the idea that the World Trade Organization...
The Galloping Beaver (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... allowing it to push public debt beyond the point of no return. • • • • • Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told the US Congress last week that the debt path was out of control and raised "a real risk that Japan could end up in a major default". • • • • • The savings rate has crashed...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... Turner, the U.K. head of the Financial Services Authority, on Tobin taxes in a whole new light. As Simon Johnson says, there's an increasing establishment consensus in Europe and Britain that breaking up TBTF banks, with implicit or explicit backing by the government, into a more competitive banking sector makes sense. Johnson concludes: "The U.S. position on protecting everything...
