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‘Building the New Economy’: A blueprint to withstand crises

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How can we make our financial system less fragile? How can we make our healthcare infrastructure less reactive? What can we do to create more robust civic institutions that work for all of us?

May 22, 2020
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New study shows devastating cost of failure to coordinate economic reopenings

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The study estimates that total welfare is reduced dramatically when reopening is not coordinated among states and regions.

May 21, 2020
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MIT Sloan EMBA student launches “Masks 2 Heroes” initiative

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Dr. Mady spearheaded the initiative, along with executive MBA colleagues, to provide cloth masks for the public at cost, while donating profits to provide medical masks to frontline workers.

May 19, 2020
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New statistical approach to COVID-19 clinical trials aims to accelerate drug approval process and attract more funding

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The studies describe new methods for accelerating drug approvals during pandemics and for providing more accurate measures of the probabilities of success for clinical trials of vaccines.

May 18, 2020
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Key challenges and solutions for evaluating energy innovation policy

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While substantial innovation is needed to enable the transition to clean energy systems, evidence is limited as to what policy mechanisms actually work to help drive private-sector innovation.

May 12, 2020
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New research: Adaptive networks promote better collective intelligence

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Changing the individuals in charge based on the nature of the issue leads to better collective intelligence and smarter decisions.

May 12, 2020
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