BIO
Clark Johnson, PhD, worked in Iraq as a contractor on economic development issues during portions of 2003-2009, including as senior economist and team leader on a MNC-Iraq contract in 2008-2009. He subsequently deployed as a civilian with DoD in Afghanistan, and contributed “The Missing Political Front in Afghanistan” to SMJ in January 2015. He is the author of Gold, France, and the Great Depression, 1919-1932 (Yale, 1997) and of a number of other papers on economic development and monetary issues.