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Daniel Kammen, professor of energy at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke on clean energy innovation and implementation in a talk at MIT.

3 Questions: Innovating for the clean energy economy

Daniel Kammen of the University of California at Berkeley discusses current efforts in clean energy innovation and implementation, and what's coming next.

March 28, 2018

Measuring the economy with location data

Startup’s platform crunches anonymized smartphone GPS data to understand how people shop, work, and live.

March 27, 2018

A team of researchers led by an MIT economist has found that medical expenses account for roughly 4 percent of bankruptcy filings among nonelderly adults in the U.S.

How often do medical problems lead to bankruptcy?

Poor health is a less common cause of bankruptcy than commonly thought, but it brings other economic woes, study finds.

March 21, 2018

Zeynep Ton, an adjunct associate professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, speaking at the recent 2018 MIT Sustainability Summit, held March 9.

Wanted: More good jobs

MIT faculty and researchers are working on solutions for an economy with too many bad jobs, too few good jobs, and income inequality.

March 21, 2018

Daniel Sperling, professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy at the University of California at Davis and member of the California Air Resources board, during his talk at MIT.

3 Questions: The future of transportation systems

Daniel Sperling of the University of California at Davis discusses the major transformations in store for mobility.

March 13, 2018

Bill Evans, co-founder of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, discusses the current evidence on strategies to reduce homelessness.

Conference advances use of data and evaluation in policymaking

Government leaders, social service providers, and leading scholars gathered for the second conference of J-PAL North America’s State and Local Innovation Initiative.

March 7, 2018

J. Phillip Thompson, MIT associate professor of urban studies and planning

J. Phillip Thompson named deputy mayor of New York City

Appointment recognizes Thompson's expertise in urban politics and coalition building.

February 28, 2018

Photo of MIT's Building 10 at an angle with trees in front

MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2018 QS World University Rankings

MIT ranked within top 5 in 19 out of 48 subject areas.

February 28, 2018

Is democracy dying?

Scholars and writers tackle a pressing question at an MIT forum.

February 27, 2018

The task force leadership team consists of (right) David Autor, the Ford Professor of Economics and associate head of the MIT Department of Economics; (left) David Mindell, the Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, and professor of aeronautics and astronautics; and (center) Elisabeth Reynolds, executive director of the MIT Industrial Performance Center...

MIT launches Task Force on the Work of the Future

Institute-wide effort will study the evolution of jobs in an age of technological advancement.

February 27, 2018

A new study co-authored by a professor at MIT shows the long-term financial hurt of a medical event serious enough to cause hospitalization is significant even for the insured.

Ouch: Study reveals financial pain after hospitalization

Serious medical problems reduce earnings, hurt employment, and increase debt.

February 20, 2018

MIT economist David Atkin is a scholar whose empirical, tightly focused studies of trade and development have helped experts better understand trade's effects.

A deep dive into the effects of trade

MIT economist David Atkin looks beneath the surface of global commerce.

February 4, 2018

The co-directors of MITEI’s Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research are (left) Christopher Knittel, the George P. Shultz Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Francis O'Sullivan, director of research for the MIT Energy Initiative.

3 Questions: Transforming our electric power system

Christopher Knittel and Francis O'Sullivan, co-directors of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research, are exploring cleaner, more reliable, and more cost-effective solutions.

February 2, 2018

K. Daron Acemoglu, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT, is a leading thinker on the labor market implications of artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and new technologies.

3Q: Daron Acemoglu on technology and the future of work

"We need to look to the past in the face of modern innovations in machine learning, robotics, artificial intelligence, big data, and beyond," says the economist.

February 1, 2018

On Jan. 25, the MIT Climate Action Team organized a carbon-pricing panel that included (from left to right) Massachusetts State Sen. Michael Barrett, State Rep. Jennifer Benson, Climate XChange Research and Policy Director Marc Breslow, Associate Professor Janelle Knox-Hayes, Joint Program Co-director and Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer John Reilly, and Center for Energy and Environment...

Is Massachusetts ready for carbon pricing?

Panel at MIT explores benefits, costs, and political challenges.

January 30, 2018

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