Global economic crisis

Said and Done: humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for January 2010

Temporary gainsMIT economist finds temporary jobs may actually reduce workers’ income and employment prospects

3 Questions: Making unemployment workWith large numbers of Americans out of work, economist Ivan Werning suggests some better ways to make unemployment insurance operate

The Tough Get Growing: how to succeed in a down economyPresented by the MIT Enterprise Forum

Moderated by Bo Fishback

Panelists:
Eugene Fitzgerald '85
Daphne Zohar
Helen Greiner '89, SM '90

Creating a game plan for transition to a sustainable economyJeffrey Hollender enumerates the many reasons he’s feeling bleak these days.

3 Questions: Robert Solow on the struggle aheadThe MIT Nobel laureate explains why we need more economic stimulus — and more innovation.

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

State of the Institute forum looks at financesAt annual event, President Hockfield and senior administrators discuss progress in meeting targets and challenges ahead.