Massachusetts Institute of Technology

...has rebounded from crisis. "There is a lot of resentment," said Simon Johnson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. "A lot of people are...

In this article: Timothy F. Geithner, American International Group, White House, Tax, Unemployment, and Joint Economic Committee

...teetering to limit the damage if they do collapse. "The era of the big bank is over," said Simon Johnson, an MIT professor and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. The dramatic idea -- unthinkable before the financial...

In this article: Bankruptcy, United States, Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund, JP Morgan Chase, American International Group Inc., and Paul E. Kanjorski

...not so big in the first place. "The era of the big bank is over," said Simon Johnson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. A proposal moving through Congress...

In this article: United States, Bankruptcy, Financial Services Forum, Rob Nichols, Microsoft, Legal age, Northern Rock, and Paul Volcker

...for special review, but declined to name the institutions. Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT, called the Fed's proposal a "huge conceptual breakthrough" for the central bank. "It is an important step in the right direction," said...

In this article: The Fed, Treasury Department, United States, Wall Street, TARP, and MIT

Yet, the industry's changes are an acknowledgement that "banks have a serious legitimacy problem," says Simon Johnson, a former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund who now teaches at MIT's Sloan School of Management.

In this article: Christopher Dodd, USA Today, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Wells Fargo, Wachovia, Connecticut, Revenue, E mail, Debit card, and Sloan School of Management

...firms are taking. But former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson, who's now a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says relying on tougher regulation won't work. Johnson agrees capital...

In this article: Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Crony capitalism, Columbia University, and Mervyn King

...and whose collapse could hurt the economy. "This is a good start, but it's not enough," said Johnson, now a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. The Fed's plan was unveiled the same day that...

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