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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.

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Social Studies

In MIT's Human Dynamics Lab, Sandy Pentland PhD '82 uses cell phones and wearable sensors to research nonverbal signals, information flow, and the value of face-to-face conversation.

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Haiti’s plight

MIT anthropologist Erica James examines the psychological damage inflicted on the island nation’s inhabitants.

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