Simon Johnson: 'The Case For Women'

Simon Johnson: 'The Case For Women'
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Managment Professor Simon Johnson testifies before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 14, 2013 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee took testimony from a panel of economists during the hearing, titled 'Flirting With Disaster: Solving the Federal Debt Crisis,' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 14: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Managment Professor Simon Johnson testifies before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 14, 2013 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee took testimony from a panel of economists during the hearing, titled 'Flirting With Disaster: Solving the Federal Debt Crisis,' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The joke among insiders is that the initials of the International Monetary Fund actually stand for "it's mostly fiscal," a reference to the predilection of that organization to see all economic issues ultimately in terms of tax and expenditure policy.

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