Ideas Made to Matter Finance

To navigate the current markets, look back to 2008 — and 1918

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Markets will eventually recover, but the trick is knowing when, an MIT Sloan finance professor says.

Mar 19, 2020
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Ideas Made to Matter Economy

A more accurate way to forecast recessions

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A new data-driven recession index revealed remarkable historical accuracy.

Mar 10, 2020
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Ideas Made to Matter Behavioral Economics

Tallying the full cost of air pollution

A new, large-scale research review catalogs the enormity of the threat.

Feb 3, 2020
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Ideas Made to Matter Public Policy

Jump-starting the creation of good jobs

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How government R&D still matters, and what makes Rochester, New York special.

Jan 27, 2020
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Ideas Made to Matter Labor

AFL-CIO president: Engage workers as tech evolves

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“The instant you start treating people like an asset be invested in rather than a cost to be cut, you start to win.”

Nov 25, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Entrepreneurship

State-level R&D tax credits create startups, but not success

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Tax breaks for research and development mean more innovation and entrepreneurship, but not necessarily better — or faster — innovation and entrepreneurship.

Aug 14, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

3 forces pushing on the platform economy

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Experts weigh in on regulations, new technology, and inverted firms.

Jul 31, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Economy

How corporate buyer consolidation drives income inequality

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Big retailers and tech companies can make price demands of suppliers. And that in turn affects what suppliers pay workers.

Jul 23, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Economics

Standards prop up the economy, but challenges abound

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Misconceptions about who needs electricity, when, and how means aid and investment could be rolled out inefficiently.

May 31, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter

SokoShare wins 2019 Enterprise Management Lab hackathon

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SokoShare would serve as the intermediary between small farmers and large grocery stores in Kenya.

Apr 18, 2019
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