MIT economist Nancy Rose to take Department of Justice position
Expert in regulation and market competition will take leave to spearhead DOJ’s economic analysis.
3 Questions: Johannes Haushofer on the psychology of poverty
Does a mental “feedback loop” prevent the poorest from exploring ways to change their lives?
MIT Sloan professor Kristin Forbes named to UK Monetary Policy Committee
Economics professor will serve three-year term helping to guide policy.
Q&A: David Autor on inequality among the “99 percent”
In new Science piece, MIT economist aims to move the inequality discussion beyond the “1 percent.”
Morris Adelman, MIT economics faculty member for more than six decades, dies at 96
Known for influential research in industrial organization and energy economics.
Search without reward
MIT conference highlights the plight of the long-term unemployed, a social issue of growing urgency.
Four professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Acemoglu, Brown, Grossman, and Grove bring to 77 the number of MIT faculty who are NAS members.
How a health care plan quickly lowered infant mortality
Study: Improved hospital access lowered infant death rate among Thailand’s poor within a year.
Seven faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 204 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
What’s the future of wealth — and inequality?
At MIT, “rock star” economist Thomas Piketty presents, defends work on inequality.
3 Questions: Michael Greenstone on the experimental method in environmental economics
MIT economist makes the case for new quasi-experiments as a way of studying environmental issues.
Logistics clusters: An alternative path to economic success
Yossi Sheffi explores how distribution centers can spur economic growth and innovation.
The dark and stormy side of science-policy mixology
IAP course explored the science, economics, and policy of climate change.