
Europe Can Stop Russia’s Aggression Now
May 31, 2022 Simon Johnson proposes the creation of a Western buyers’ cartel to deny the Kremlin revenues from oil exports.
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, is a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management and a co-chair of the COVID-19 Policy Alliance. He is the co-author (with Jonathan Gruber) of Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream and the co-author (with James Kwak) of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and The Next Financial Meltdown.
May 31, 2022 Simon Johnson proposes the creation of a Western buyers’ cartel to deny the Kremlin revenues from oil exports.
May 2, 2022 Simon Johnson urges Europeans to stop financing a Russian strategy that would erase eight decades of peace and prosperity.
Mar 31, 2022 Simon Johnson & Oleg Ustenko say that the US, Europe, and their allies have all the tools needed to neutralize the country's leverage.
Feb 28, 2022 Simon Johnson makes the case for the West to stop sending Russia $500 million a day for energy supplies.
Jan 31, 2022 Simon Johnson thinks the incoming board members will galvanize efforts to address the looming risks to the financial system.
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