Environmental regulation in a polarized culture
Doctoral student Parrish Bergquist investigates how politics affects environmental decision-making.
![“What we discovered is, very little [Medicare] money is spent on people who we know with high probability are going to die in a short amount of time,” says Amy Finkelstein, a professor in MIT’s Department of Economics and co-author of a paper in the journal Science.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201806/MIT-Health-Care-Spending.jpg?itok=uM3yQvcx)
The value of late-in-life health care spending
Study debunks notion that large chunks of Medicare go to futile end-of-life care.
Discovering hidden stories in the Flint water crisis
Graduate student Elena Sobrino looks beyond the headlines to study interactions between the city’s people and institutions.
Method man
Alberto Abadie refines the tools of economics — and gets some interesting results along the way.
Fighting toxic stress in children is tough but possible
Taking time to understand underlying causes of stress can help children escape debilitating health effects, symposium speakers argue.
CS+HASS SuperUROP debuts with nine research projects
In yearlong program, MIT students apply computer science to humanities, arts, and social science research.
3 Questions: Vipin Narang on the North Korea summits
Nuclear strategy expert shares observations from the recent North Korea-South Korea summit and possible outcomes of the North Korea-U.S. summit.
For food-aid recipients, information is power
A simple card explaining a government aid program leads to more rice for poor villagers in Indonesia.
How much does infrastructure boost an economy?
MIT economist’s historical study details how railroads helped India trade and grow.
Using data science to improve public policy
MIT Policy Hackathon, run by students within MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, seeks interdisciplinary solutions to societal challenges.
Parag Pathak wins John Bates Clark Medal
MIT economist lauded for work on education, market-design mechanisms.
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.
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.