Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Calestous Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Study: Workplace diversity can help the bottom line
MIT economist scrutinizes firm data suggesting diverse offices function more effectively.
3 Questions: Calestous Juma on African development
MIT event spotlights new approaches to economic growth on the continent.
Making the case for Keynes
Peter Temin’s new book explains how John Maynard Keynes’ ideas relate to today’s global economy.
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.