Global economy
When (and where) work disappears
February 24, 2012
Study: Overseas manufacturing competition hits U.S. regions hard, leaving workers unemployed for years and local economies struggling.
Also labeled: Economics, Future of Manufacturing, Jobs, Labor, Manufacturing, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), Research, Trade, China
China’s pollution puts a dent in its economy
February 13, 2012
Despite improvements in air quality, the economic impact of air pollution has increased dramatically, new MIT study shows.
Also labeled: Air, China, Health, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Pollution
3 Questions: Ricardo Caballero on the search for safe investments
October 25, 2011
Economist believes structural problem underlying financial crisis is ‘worse than ever’
In Profile: Suzanne Berger
October 11, 2011
A onetime student of French political history has become a leading figure in the battle to revive U.S. manufacturing.
3 Questions: Roberto Rigobon on world markets
September 7, 2011
MIT expert in international economics surveys a month of turmoil.
Also labeled: 3 Questions, Banking, Economics, Finance, Global economic crisis, Inflation, Investing, Stock Market
Cultivating supply chain experts
May 5, 2011
MIT’s Global SCALE Network connects international centers offering graduate-level education.
Fujimoto wins Carl Zeiss Research Award
January 18, 2011
EECS professor receives prestigious honor for OCT work
Tracing families’ escape from poverty
January 10, 2011
Economist’s study shows how the poor in developing countries become wealthier.
Explained: Defining recessions
September 29, 2010
It’s not what conventional wisdom holds, as an MIT economist — who heads the bureau charged with identifying U.S. downturns — makes clear.
Deworming the world
May 27, 2010
How MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Kristin Forbes is helping to improve school participation in developing countries for just pennies per child
Also labeled: Collaboration, Faculty, Health care, In the world, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)








