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3 Questions: Alice Amsden

In this installment of "3 Questions," Alice Amsden, Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, discusses issues of international development. June 2, 2009

Q&A with William Wheaton on the housing recovery

The slow and painful recovery under way in the beleaguered U.S. housing market probably won't be complete for another two years, says Professor of Economics and Urban Studies William Wheaton, director of MIT's Center for Real Estate. May 26, 2009

A watershed moment in economics and finance

Those in MIT's Department of Economics and the MIT Sloan School of Management suggest the prolonged recession has opened up new areas for research and encouraged innovative approaches to teaching economics. May 18, 2009

Alumnus adds to support of J-PAL

MIT alumnus Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel has committed a substantial gift to support the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in its mission to reduce poverty worldwide by ensuring that policy is based on scientific evidence. May 12, 2009

MIT commercial property price index continues fall

Transaction prices of commercial property sold by major institutional investors fell by almost 6 percent in the first quarter of 2009, according to an index developed and published by the MIT Center for Real Estate. May 12, 2009

Sloan's Lo to discuss quantitative analysis and the current financial crisis in Sigma Xi lecture

Andrew Lo will deliver the 2009 Sigma Xi lecture titled, "Models vs. Mania: The Role of Quantitative Analysis Research in the Current Financial Crisis," at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, in the MIT Faculty Club, E26, 50 Memorial Drive. May 4, 2009

Eight from MIT elected to AAAS

Eight members of the MIT community are among the 210 new Fellows and 19 new Foreign Honorary Members recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 20, 2009

Acumen Fund founder to give Legatum Lecture April 9

The MIT Legatum Lecture series continues on April 9 with Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO and founder of Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund supporting market-based solutions to poverty. April 3, 2009

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