NOBEL LAUREATE SIMON JOHNSON ON THE AI RACE AND CHINA’S ‘OVER-AUTOMATION’ PROBLEM

Simon Johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he won a joint Nobel Prize for economics in 2024 for his research into how institutions shape national prosperity.

News - South China Morning Post reports that simon Johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The report adds: A former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he won a joint Nobel Prize for economics in 2024 for his research into how institutions shape national prosperity.

On June 8, the British government announced Johnson as chair of its new AI Economics Institute.

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