Economics

7 win presidential early career honorsMIT has greatest number of recipients from a single institution.

3 Questions: Michael Greenstone on deficit spendingAs deficit hawks appear poised for victory at the polls, the MIT economics professor presents the case for more spending on infrastructure and R&D.

Elisabeth Reynolds named executive director of the IPC

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for October 2010

MIT cyclists best overall at 2010 Collegiate National Track ChampionshipsFor third consecutive year, team wins Division II Omnium.

MIT economist Peter Diamond wins Nobel PrizeHonored with two others for work on 'analysis of markets with search frictions'

Beyond the bubbleAt Center for Real Estate conference, economists contemplate ways to make the risks of financial innovation more evident.

Explained: Defining recessionsIt’s not what conventional wisdom holds, as an MIT economist — who heads the bureau charged with identifying U.S. downturns — makes clear.

The energy challenge calls on humanities and social-science researchCourses on energy include economics, political science, history, literature and more.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for September 2010

Explained: Quantitative easingAn unconventional financial tool is getting more attention as the Fed tries to jump-start the U.S. economy

Financial impacts of ‘cap and trade’Analysis shows that, contrary to some claims, proposed legislation to limit carbon emissions would not disadvantage those with lower incomes.

Nobody’s homeMIT economist measures how much foreclosures lower housing prices.

When a little knowledge really is dangerousMIT Sloan professor on the ‘arms race’ between investors trying to understand financial products, and the firms trying to confuse them.

Haiti’s plightMIT anthropologist Erica James examines the psychological damage inflicted on the island nation’s inhabitants.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for June 2010

Global water issues call on humanities and social science research

Energy answer: Blowing in the wind?MIT researchers say wind power can make sense for utility companies, starting now

Carl Kaysen commemoration to be held Saturday

Explained: Monte Carlo simulationsMathematical technique lets scientists make estimates in a probabilistic world

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for May 2010

Diamond nominated for Federal Reserve postMIT economist and Institute Professor is Obama’s choice for the U.S. central bank’s seven-person board of governors.

Esther Duflo wins Clark medalMIT’s influential poverty researcher heralded as best economist under age 40.

Six from MIT elected to AAAS

The deep roots of inequalityMIT economics student’s study of Peru shows how practices from hundreds of years ago can influence prosperity today. ‘Pathbreaking,’ says a Harvard economist.

Friends, family gather to honor Paul SamuelsonAt memorial service, Nobel-winning economist’s ‘warmth, wit and humility’ are recalled.