Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson was formerly a managing director at Soros Funds Management and chief economist of the Senate Banking Committee.

Currently

  • Nationalize Failing Banks? Think Twice

    February 21, 2009

    Short-term nationalization of failed banks is gaining support--but without stringent safeguards, new rounds of pathology are inevitable.

2008

  • Bridge Loan to Nowhere?

    September 24, 2008

    This is not only the most expensive way to solve the problem. It's also the most likely to fail.

  • Bridge Loan to Nowhere

    September 22, 2008

    The Paulson/Bernanke bailout plan is not the way to go, unless you work on Wall Street. Even if you do, there are compelling reasons to fear it. Here's what Congress should do instead.

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Blogs

» The Beat

Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin | The death panelist-in-chief rallied her followers to "KILL THE BILL." But 60 senators decided to follow the real leader.
John Nichols
6 Comments

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
128 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
79 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
207 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
65 Comments