Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for months has been a frequently quoted voice on the recession. But now, he is verging on the type of celebrity status that, short of a Nobel or a Clark medal, is the best an economist can hope to attain.
That is, an appearance on Comedy Central.
In his March 12 appearance on Stephen Colbert, Johnson repeats a refrain that he trotted out in an
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