The health-insurance markets of the (very near) future
Policymakers must address ‘tension’ between competition and ease of use.
President Obama announces intent to appoint Maria Zuber to National Science Board
MIT geophysicist nominated for 25-member governing board of the National Science Foundation.
Q&A: Associate Provost Philip Khoury on foreign policy in the Middle East
The Ford International Professor of History also talks about how an engineering school benefits the humanities and social science community.
3 Questions: World energy outlook
Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, talks about the future of fossil fuels and the prospects for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.
Vehicle efficiency standards vs. a carbon tax: the costs and politics
MIT researchers show merits of a carbon tax.
New method could help communities plan for climate risk
MIT researchers develop tool to assess regional risks of climate change, potential impacts on local infrastructure and planning.
How Jonathan Gruber became ‘Mr. Mandate’
An MIT economist’s path to the center of health-care policymaking in Washington.
F. Daniel Hidalgo: it’s electric
The influence of electronic ballots on democracy in the developing world
Presidential campaigns offer energetic energy debate at MIT
Representatives of Obama, Romney camps lay out differences in crucial policy domains of energy and the environment.
3 Questions: Violence and protests in the Muslim world
MIT political scientist Fotini Christia talks about the attacks on U.S. and Western embassies in North Africa and the Middle East.
