Don’t (always) talk to your neighbor
Sloan research says companies should consider costs when investing in knowledge transfer between co-workers.
Medicaid’s impact, finally measured
Unique study shows the effects of health insurance program: More treatment and fewer financial shocks for the poor, more bills paid for hospitals and doctors.
Taxation without documentation
New study shows ‘informal taxation’ in developing countries is far greater than suspected, supporting public works — and adding a burden for the poor.
Tracking the flow of knowledge
Study shows scientists’ location influences how widely their work is read and used for innovations.
The visible hand
In MIT talk, Eliot Spitzer defends role of government in regulating markets, claims economy still ‘on the precipice’ of deep problems.
Life on a dollar a day
In Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo open a window into the lives of the world’s poorest people, and suggest new remedies to combat poverty.
Thinking like economists
From funky markets in airfares and hot dogs to the effects of alcohol taxes on drunk-driving fatalities, MIT undergraduates try their hand at economics research.
3 Questions: Liquidity lessons
Economist Bengt Holmstrom on the problems of borrowing and lending in a post-crash world, and the role of government in responding to crises
James Simons on mathematics, common sense and good luck: my life and careers
Presented by School of Science Dean's Colloquium.
Why do some countries’ economies grow faster?
One of the Media Lab’s newest faculty members is adapting the mathematical tools of statistical physics to study development economics.
Economists converge at MIT
Nobel laureates, public intellectuals gather for frank debate on economy, politics and the state of their profession.