Join ACCA’s chief economist, Jonathan Ashworth, for a compelling conversation with 2024 Nobel prize-winning economist Simon Johnson. In this exclusive webinar, they’ll delve into the transformative power of artificial intelligence and its far-reaching implications for the global economy. Discover how AI could reshape work, drive (or disrupt) economic growth, redefine productivity, and influence employment and inequality across industries. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear first-hand insights from one of the world’s leading economic minds.
Speakers:
Simon Johnson is the Ronald A Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he is head of the Global Economics and Management group. At MIT, he is also co-director of the Shaping the Future of Work Initiative and a research affiliate at Blueprint Labs.
In 2024, Johnson received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, joint with Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, ‘for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity’.
Jonathan joined ACCA following roles as a China economist at Fathom Consulting, and global and UK economist at Morgan Stanley, and has held economist/global macro strategy positions at Barclays Wealth.
He has also worked as an economist in the Productivity & Structural Reform team at Her Majesty’s Treasury, where he did work on the famous ‘Five Tests’ of whether Britain should join the euro. He has a MA degree in Economics from Duke University and a First Class Honours degree in Economics from Hull University.
He has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and The Economist magazine, and has appeared on the BBC, Sky News and CNBC. He authored a book ‘Quantitative Easing: The Great Central Bank Experiment’, and his academic work has been cited by major global institutions such as the IMF, OECD, BIS, Fed, BoE and the ECB.
