Finance

Israel Ruiz nominated as MIT’s next executive VP and treasurerCorporation to vote on appointment at Oct. 14 meeting

Theresa M. Stone to step down as Executive VP, Treasurer‘A great friend of MIT’ will conclude nearly five years of administrative service.

The visible handIn MIT talk, Eliot Spitzer defends role of government in regulating markets, claims economy still ‘on the precipice’ of deep problems.

Economists converge at MITNobel laureates, public intellectuals gather for frank debate on economy, politics and the state of their profession.

MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Eli Shapiro dies at 94The school’s first associate dean, he helped guide MIT Sloan in the years after its founding.

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.

News@MITSloan for Oct. 25

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

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

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.

Explained: Knightian uncertaintyThe economic crisis has revived an old philosophical idea about risk and uncertainty. But what is it, exactly?

3 Questions: The euro messMIT Sloan economist Kristin Forbes on the recent troubles roiling the international financial markets

All in the family: MIT Sloan becoming home for the HatamisThird sibling to receive his MBA this spring; follows his older brother and younger sister.

Pattern seen in governments’ currency policiesSmall-time money transfers from migrants shape key decisions on foreign exchange, research shows.

‘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.

Banking on mobile moneyA cellphone-based cash transfer system has changed the way Kenyans handle their finances. But what does it mean for Kenya's economy — and the developing world?

MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson named 'public intellectual' of the yearMIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson topped UK's Prospect Magazine's list of 25 public intellectuals of the financial crisis in 2009.

3 Questions: Vincent Lépinay on bankers unleashedAn MIT anthropologist, who studies financial practices, discusses how ever-changing banking tools baffle regulators.

Insurance against financial fearWhen the economy stumbles, panic can drive matters from bad to worse. Economist Ricardo Caballero has a new plan to keep investment markets free of fear