Policy

“Diagnosing” the U.S. health care system: in Soundings MagazineThe U.S. health system has been ranked second in the world in expenditures — and 38th in the world for performance. What's going on?

Race, Politics and American MediaJuan Williams and J. Phillip Thompson discuss how the collapse of print and other traditional news and the rise of celebrity culture have contributed to the sharp decline of in-depth stories involving race and society.

Energy, behavior, and climate: Many answers, no miraclesBP CEO Tony Hayward Discusses the Harsh Realities at MITEI Colloquium

The politics of climate fixesJudith Layzer says there’s no easy way out when it comes to climate change — but that geo-engineering might be a last-ditch solution.

3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislationMIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change has pegged the annual cost of the proposed cap-and-trade legislation in Congress at $400 per U.S. household. But estimating the cost of doing nothing is far more difficult.

Will Innovation Still be Made in America?

Energy researchers find Obama an eager studentIn the President's visit to MIT labs he showed keen interest, quick understanding and warm appreciation, say his hosts

Renewable fuels may have hidden costs, study saysNew analysis shows that without proper regulation, biofuels programs aimed at curbing greenhouse gases could do just the opposite

Letter to the community regarding President Barack Obama's visitPresident will deliver address on America's leadership on clean energy

Saving laborPolitical scientist Richard Locke says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken.
He proposes a new solution.

How to limit risk of climate catastropheComprehensive analysis of the odds of climate outcomes under different policy scenarios shows significant benefits from early actions.