Ideas Made to Matter Public Policy

The role of central banks in addressing inequality

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COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality worldwide. Central banking experts from the U.S., Finland, and Malaysia discuss if and how central banks can help.

Aug 3, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

What’s next for B2B platforms

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A look at how platforms are changing heavy industry, finance, health care, and e-commerce.

Jul 28, 2021
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Alumni Entrepreneurship

Khalid David, MBA ’19

Khalid David, MBA ’19, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, on "Sloanies Talking with Sloanies."

Jul 26, 2021
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Press Source: Politico

BlackRock barges into corporate boardrooms

...some funds sold as investments that minimize environmental, social and governance risk continue to vote against their own stated values...

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MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy Public Policy

8th Annual Conference – Financial Policy and the Environment

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We are pleased to bring you this year’s annual conference, titled “Financial Policy and the Environment,” hosted in partnership with Barclays, on Wednesday, October 20 and Thursday, October 21, 2021.

Jul 21, 2021
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Press Data

Crowdsourcing to better forecast drug approvals

Researchers launched an in-house Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) challenge to beat MIT’s machine-learning models for predicting clinical trial outcomes. The results are now available.

Jul 20, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

This portfolio approach accounts for ‘shocks and drifts’

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Better than mean variance? This approach to portfolio formation accounts for shocks like pandemics and “drifts” like climate change.

Jul 20, 2021
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Press Source: Banker & Tradesman (Opinion Piece)

Why the critical race theory fight matters in the business world

"While CRT may seem like a minor issue for the business community...it is actually a cornerstone to achieving any form of equity in America."

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Press Source: MarketWatch (Opinion Piece)

14 U.S. states now give the rich this big tax break - and the only loser...

More states may allow some high-income business owners to get around the $10,000 limit on federal deductions for state and local taxes.

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Ideas Made to Matter Sustainability

Big banks embrace sustainable investing, but change is slow

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Institutional investors like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup have pledged to invest in projects that tackle the climate crisis. Here’s how they’re doing it — and where challenges remain.

Jul 8, 2021
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