Kelly Johnson

The Washington Post

Washington, D.C.

I'm the Sunday Business editor at The Washington Post, where I assign and edit stories about business, economics and finance. I'm a fan of stories that help us make sense of the world -- that explain how something happened and why it matters. I'm a writer's editor -- that is, I work for the writer. And together we work for the big boss: the reader. This is a portfolio of stories I've edited.

Kelly Johnson

The Washington Post

Washington, D.C.

The only thing that can stop the Trump Express
Now is the time for some clear-sighted Democrats to persuade brave Republicans to break ranks.
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Big ideas Leadership
Trump is putting the wolves of Wall Street in charge
Don't be fooled. Trump's advisers aren't great businessmen.
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Business Leadership Wall Street Big ideas
GOP is finally willing to spend on economy — at exact wrong time
It’s curious to hear Republicans suddenly talking about the urgent need for fiscal stimulus.
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Leadership Economics
‘Who is this Robert Smith?’
A quiet billionaire makes some noise with $20 million gift to the African American museum
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Business Big ideas Leadership Technology Wall Street
How big business lost Washington
CEOs tied their fortunes to a Republican Party they can no longer control. Now no matter who wins in November, they lose.
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Economics Leadership Business Big ideas
Featured
Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple ‘is a lonely job’
Apple’s CEO talks iPhones, AI, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Jobs — and steers right past car rumors
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Leadership Technology Big ideas
The billionaires racing to take you to outer space
Musk, Bezos, Branson and Allen talk about doing what no government has: Open space to the masses
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Technology Big ideas Leadership
Beware big talk about the tax code
Congress once tried to cap CEO pay by limiting what companies could deduct. Guess what happened?
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Taxes Wall Street Leadership
Donald Trump’s most enduring — and unbefitting — trait
Wisdom from 25 years of covering Trump: His lack of impulse control could prove ruinous as president.
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Leadership Real estate Wall Street
RESIGNED. The fast fall of a Washington career
Martha Johnson managed a $30 billion budget and 13,000 employees. Then came a scandal. When the power dissolved, she was just another out-of-work 61-year-old.
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Leadership
Inside Charles Koch’s $200 million quest for a ‘Republic of Science’
The premise: Science should function like an economic market, where the best ideas are funded.
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Leadership Money Wall Street Big ideas
The data whisperer
Why this Wharton wunderkind wants leaders to replace their intuition with evidence.
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Economics Big ideas Leadership
Judge Rakoff on free love, crooks and Wall Street justice
A hero to many and a nightmare to some, he demands accountability in cases of alleged Wall Street fraud.
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Leadership Wall Street
What if saving the economy was the easy part?
The financial crisis unfolded fast and furious, but the recovery has been a slow burn.
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Leadership Economics
The smartest economist you’ve never heard of
To Olivier Blanchard, economics as a way of thinking about the world that is truthful, intuitive and useful.
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Leadership Economics

About

Kelly Johnson

I’m a journalist living in Washington, D.C. I am a fan of stories that help us make sense of the world. When I'm not staring at words on a page (or screen), you'll find me here: long walks with the doggo, slow-cooked dinners, gardening -- and for a lark, breakneck drives on the open road.