Policy

Striking a balance on taxesResearch by PhD student Stefanie Stantcheva touches on taxation, student loans and education incentives.

How to make factory conditions betterAfter years of research into global production systems, an MIT political scientist is convinced that government, not just the private sector, must help keep workers safe.

How Medicaid affects adult healthStudy: Health insurance helps lower-income Americans avoid depression, diabetes, major financial shocks.

The case for optimism about a renewable energy futureResearcher Eric Martinot presents findings of two-year project at campus event

Are we purging the poorest?In a new book, MIT urbanist Lawrence Vale examines the downsizing of public housing.

At MIT, Gov. Deval Patrick highlights clean-energy achievementsEarth Day talk details Massachusetts’ accomplishments since the governor’s MIT speech five years ago, and outlines new goals.

MIT Science Policy Initiative members visit Capitol Hill to support funding for research and developmentMeet with representatives of 34 congressional offices to urge reversal of budget cuts.

Building the new New Orleans, block by blockMIT urbanist’s new book shows how active neighborhood communities helped revitalize the city after Hurricane Katrina.

Commerce’s call to actionIn MIT talk, head of U.S. Chamber of Commerce outlines business-oriented policy agenda.

Open access gains momentum in WashingtonWhite House takes action to increase access to the results of federally funded scientific research

Building a better big boxMIT architect Alexander D’Hooghe looks to remake suburbs and other neighborhoods with ‘more intelligent’ designs.

Helping students master dataAn undergraduate econometrics class gets students to think critically about their own research.

Advice for nations pursuing nuclear powerLady Barbara Judge delivers 12th Rose Lecture

Sizing up Japan, after the disasterMIT political scientist examines Japanese stasis after nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.

Daniel Weitzner receives IAPP Privacy Leadership AwardLauded for work and leadership in the development of Internet public policy

How to predict the progress of technologyMIT researcher finds Moore’s Law and Wright’s Law best predict how technology improves.

MIT’s Science Policy Initiative travels to Capitol Hill in support of research fundingWill partake in annual Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day

Policy matters in the Middle EastPhD student Brian Haggerty's work becomes part of foreign policy debate on Syria

Q&A: U.S. immigration policy and entrepreneurshipMIT’s Bill Aulet, Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook and Edward Roberts discuss the challenges facing foreign-born entrepreneurs under U.S. immigration policy.

MIT report identifies keys to new American innovationFrom ‘Main Street’ firms to multinationals, improvements possible in funding of research, collaboration among manufacturers.

The case of the missing gas taxMIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.

When opportunity meets preparationPolitical science PhD student Laura Chirot examines industrial policy in late developing countries.

Students witness science policy in actionMIT students participate in the final mercury talks resulting in an international treaty.

3 Questions: Charles Stewart ranks the voting systems in the 50 statesA new Pew Center project, spurred by MIT research, studies how well states run their elections.

Lawmakers focus on MIT fusion researchThree Congressmen visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center last week.

Why some immigrants get citizenshipStudy: Country of origin a 'massive disadvantage' for some immigrants, regardless of qualifications.

Changing with the climateMIT researchers, Massachusetts officials highlight strategies to adapt to climate change.

Hard times in ChicagoMIT anthropologist’s new book recounts the painful aftermath when steel plants suddenly closed in the American heartland.

Michael Liebreich sees shift to cleaner energy as inevitableChief executive officer of Bloomberg New Energy Finance says clean energy will eventually be the norm.

The right’s resistance to regulationBook details how conservatives have changed the terms of the environmental debate in recent decades.