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Simon Johnson

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Johnson is the 314th most popular economist, the 3,978th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 40th most popular British Economist.

Simon Johnson is a British-American economist best known for his work on financial crises and the role of banks in the economy. He served as the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and is a prominent commentator on economic policy and regulation.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Simon Johnson ranks 314 out of 414. Before him are Abdi Farah Shirdon, Charles P. Kindleberger, Richard D. Wolff, Alan Krueger, Nouriel Roubini, and Pedro Solbes. After him are Branko Milanović, Seth Godin, José Luis Sampedro, Karl Knies, Lawrence Summers, and Alice Salomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Simon Johnson ranks 290. Before him are Vladimir Solovyov, Yoko Kanno, Koichi Wakata, Yasuharu Takanashi, Raimond Aumann, and Rosario Flores. After him are Daniel Bravo, Andy Rubin, Francesco Quinn, Ukyo Katayama, Angus Macfadyen, and Henri Leconte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Johnson ranks 3,979 out of 8,785. Before him are Marc Almond (1957), Nick Land (1962), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Richard Bentley (1662), E. T. Whittaker (1873), and William Hemsley (1843). After him are Ivor Bueb (1923), Jim Marshall (1923), Richard Attwood (1940), Tony Crook (1920), Edward Andrade (1887), and Peter Hook (1956).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Simon Johnson ranks 40. Before him are Colin Clark (1905), Harold Laski (1893), Roy Harrod (1900), Maurice Dobb (1900), G. D. H. Cole (1889), and Nassau William Senior (1790). After him are Thomas Hodgskin (1787), John Neville Keynes (1852), Robert Torrens (1780), James Wilson (1805), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), and Martin Wolf (1946).

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