Finance

Deep in the fieldBook details how economist Robert Townsend has spent two decades in rural Thailand, exploring the links between household finances and economic growth.

Former banking executive reflects on launch and rise of the ATMJohn Reed talks about the challenges and opportunities of working with a complex sociotechnical system.

Study: At most a third of us show a consistent approach to financial riskEmpirically rich new study finds most people alter their risk-management approach depending on the type of financial decision.

How better financing could help create new cancer drugsMIT finance researchers say a diversified ‘megafund’ of securities could help the industry deliver new products to consumers.

3 Questions: Andrew Lo on JP Morgan’s multibillion-dollar trading lossMIT financial markets expert addresses the need for better risk management — and a simple way to tell if JP Morgan’s failed gamble was a trade or a hedge.

Taking creditWhen Thailand’s government started offering microfinance loans to villagers, did anyone benefit? An MIT economist investigates.

MSMS student looks forward to a very bright future

Michael Seelhof, SDM '12: a banker adds theory to experience in managing complexity

Gender spendersStudy suggests yet another cause of personal debt: searching for the ideal mate.

Michael W. Howard ’86 named vice president for financeMIT alumnus brings 20 years of experience at Fidelity, Deloitte.

3 Questions: Ricardo Caballero on the search for safe investmentsEconomist believes structural problem underlying financial crisis is ‘worse than ever’

Corporation elects Israel Ruiz executive VP and treasurer

Jane Phillips, employee in Office of Vice President for Finance, dies at 65

Building innovation in IndiaMIT-India conference explores nation’s challenges, opportunities

3 Questions: Roberto Rigobon on world marketsMIT expert in international economics surveys a month of turmoil.

Cracking the codeMIT sociologist’s book takes an insider look at investment banking and the high-risk trades that can spin out of control.

Andrew Lo joins CSAILEconomist hopes to merge the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence with research on financial markets and risk.

3 Questions: David Singer on the Greek Euro-tragedyPolitical scientist David Singer explains why Greece seemingly can’t live with the Euro, and can’t live without it.

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.