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Cracking the code
MIT sociologist’s book takes an insider look at investment banking and the high-risk trades that can spin out of control.
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.
3 Questions: Amy Glasmeier on rebuilding after disaster hits
From tornadoes to flooding, nature has taken a heavy toll in America this year. What are the challenges cities like Joplin and Tuscaloosa will face while rebuilding?
Theresa M. Stone to step down as Executive VP, Treasurer
‘A great friend of MIT’ will conclude nearly five years of administrative service.
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
Tracing families’ escape from poverty
Economist’s study shows how the poor in developing countries become wealthier.
MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Eli Shapiro dies at 94
The school’s first associate dean, he helped guide MIT Sloan in the years after its founding.
A better way to target tumors
In spite of slow progress toward targeting cancer drugs to individual patients, hope remains.
MIT Medical promotes employee mammograms
No referral or copay for female employees between 40 and 70 who are enrolled in any MIT-sponsored health-insurance plan.
MIT economist Peter Diamond wins Nobel Prize
Honored with two others for work on 'analysis of markets with search frictions'