1 CENTER FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY PAPER IN FINANCIAL HISTORY The Washington Consensus in History: An Interview with John Williamson January 30, 2020 (updated) By Kurt Schuler, Theresa Williamson, and Robert Yee* *Kurt Schuler (kschuler@the-cfs.org) is Senior Fellow in Financial History at the Center for Financial Stability. Theresa Williamson, John Williamson’s daughter, is a city planner and founding executive director of Catalytic Communities, a nongovernmental organization working to support Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through asset-based community development. Robert Yee is a Ph.D. student in history at Princeton University. Dialog Insight Solutions 1120 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor New York, NY 10036 T 212.626.2660 www.centerforfinancialstability.org