Monday, August 09, 2010 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Capitol Theater, Overture Center Address: 201 State Street, Madison
Speaker: Simon Johnson, Author, 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Take-over and the Next Financial Meltdown
Description: American Family Insurance, in partnership with the Wisconsin School of Business to host author and economist Simon Johnson, as part of its Forward Thinking Speaker Series. Register early! Seating is limited.
About Simon Johnson Simon Johnson is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the financial sector and economic crises. He is a Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund.
Over the past 20 years he has worked on crisis prevention, mitigation and recovery, as well as economic growth issues in advanced economies, emerging markets, and developing countries. His work focuses on policymakers—how they can limit the impact of negative shocks, manage the risks faced by their countries, and maintain global economic stability.
Professor Johnson is the co-author of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Take-over and the Next Financial Meltdown, which discusses how our future is imperiled by the ideology of finance (finance is good, unregulated finance is better, unfettered finance run amok is best) and by Wall Street’s political control of government policy pertaining to it.
