Shaping universities to be engines of economic development
Book co-authored by Edward Crawley, Juan Cristobal Garcia Sanchez SM '20, and others demonstrates how universities can contribute to economic recovery after Covid-19.
Inequality offensive
At MIT forum, economists evaluate the consequences of increasing inequality in America, and suggest solutions.
Summers: To end slump, United States must spend
In MIT remarks, former Treasury secretary calls for the ‘common sense’ cure of more government spending to spur growth.
Workplace woes
The employment crisis isn’t just a lack of jobs — it’s a lack of good jobs, says an MIT professor.
‘Failure is good’
In a talk to promote his new book, MIT’s Simon Johnson lambastes a finance industry he sees as lacking a healthy fear of losing money.
A manufacturing renaissance for America?
At an MIT forum, experts examine new ways to pursue a good old idea: making things.
Nobel laureate Krugman: ‘Dark age of macroeconomics’ is upon us
In Stata Center lecture, the Nobel Prize-winning former MIT professor warns that America is replaying its past economic policy mistakes.
Temporary gains
MIT economist finds temporary jobs may actually reduce workers’ income and employment prospects
3 Questions: Making unemployment work
With large numbers of Americans out of work, economist Ivan Werning suggests some better ways to make unemployment insurance operate
Creating a game plan for transition to a sustainable economy
Jeffrey Hollender enumerates the many reasons he’s feeling bleak these days.
MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson named 'public intellectual' of the year
MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson topped UK's Prospect Magazine's list of 25 public intellectuals of the financial crisis in 2009.