Measure for Measure
What makes scientists productive? To find out, economists with MIT links are researching the researchers.
Haiti’s plight
MIT anthropologist Erica James examines the psychological damage inflicted on the island nation’s inhabitants.
Energy answer: Blowing in the wind?
MIT researchers say wind power can make sense for utility companies, starting now
Firms with strong intellectual property strategies fare better in raising capital
Patents alone not enough, says MIT Sloan School of Management senior lecturer
Explained: Monte Carlo simulations
Mathematical technique lets scientists make estimates in a probabilistic world
Diamond nominated for Federal Reserve post
MIT economist and Institute Professor is Obama’s choice for the U.S. central bank’s seven-person board of governors.
Esther Duflo wins Clark medal
MIT’s influential poverty researcher heralded as best economist under age 40.
The deep roots of inequality
MIT economics student’s study of Peru shows how practices from hundreds of years ago can influence prosperity today. ‘Pathbreaking,’ says a Harvard economist.
Friends, family gather to honor Paul Samuelson
At memorial service, Nobel-winning economist’s ‘warmth, wit and humility’ are recalled.