Economics

Iqbal Quadir, director of the new Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT and senior lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning, spoke with Institute Professor Emeritus Paul Samuelson at the Legatum inauguration Oct. 7.

Nobel economists support different development path

Entrepreneurship can be powerful tool against poverty

October 10, 2008

A panel of MIT faculty experts convened Oct. 7 to discuss current economic news. From left are William Wheaton, director of the Center for Real Estate; Andrew Lo, Harris and Harris Group Professor, Sloan School of Management; Ricardo Caballero, head, MIT Department of Economics; Bengt Holmstrom, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics, and James Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics.

'If we get through the next few weeks...'

Expert MIT panel analyzes financial crisis, debates cures

October 9, 2008

MIT report debunks China energy myth

The problem isn't in the technology, it's the operations

October 6, 2008

Experts to address MIT community on financial turbulence

October events include faculty panels, Soros remarks

September 30, 2008

Candidates' energy policies fuel economist's commentary

A Q&A with MIT Professor Robert Pindyck

August 19, 2008

MIT price index for commercial properties declines in Q2

Office properties show biggest decline

August 6, 2008

The Federal Creosote Superfund site in New Jersey during 2002 cleanup efforts.

Superfund may not be so super

Cleanups don't seem to be worth the cost, according to MIT study

August 5, 2008

Cutting costs one image at a time

DUSP professor wins grant to study non-necessary medical imaging

July 17, 2008

MIT analysts say European system for cutting CO2 emissions is working well

Lessons to be learned for U.S., globe

June 10, 2008

MIT-University of Chicago study says teacher tests deterring talented individuals

June 4, 2008

Economics awards

June 4, 2008

Blanchard appointed IMF chief economist

May 28, 2008

The cost of repealing blue laws

May 21, 2008

Study debunks myth of job testing as race barrier

Screening can raise productivity without compromising equal opportunity

May 7, 2008

China Forum lecture series begins May 14