Simon Johnson (economist)
Simon Johnson | |
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Johnson in 2024 | |
| Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund | |
| In office March 2007 – August 31, 2008 | |
| President | Rodrigo Rato Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
| Preceded by | Raghuram Rajan |
| Succeeded by | Olivier Blanchard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 16, 1963 Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| Education | Abbotsholme School |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Inflation, intermediation, and economic activity (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Rudiger Dornbusch |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political economy Development economics |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2024) |
| Website | |
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.