Economics
Ideas and insights about economics from MIT Sloan.
‘Doughnut economics’: 4 questions for industry leaders
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Economist Kate Raworth offers a framework to guide global development, government policy, and corporate strategy in the 21st century.
Meet the 6 new faculty members joining MIT Sloan in 2024
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The academics and researchers joining MIT Sloan in 2024 are experts in economics, management, organizational studies, and more.
5 ‘extraordinary turnarounds’ for global well-being
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Earth4All calls for a reconfiguration of economies, energy, and food systems to increase societal resilience and avoid the worst climate change impacts.
‘Climate capitalism’ can help scale green solutions
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Reforming capitalism might be the only practical way to get to zero emissions quickly, says Bloomberg reporter Akshat Rathi.
Economist Claudia Sahm has a better way to handle recessions
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A veteran of the Federal Reserve talks about her dedication to data, the costs of speaking up, and how her “Sahm rule” could improve the impact of stimulus checks.
Post-pandemic inflation: 7 lessons for monetary policy
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A new e-book examines monetary policy responses to the 2021 – 2022 spike in inflation and identifies challenges and lessons for the future.
A Nobel economist’s take on bank behavior, bailouts, and policy
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Robert C. Merton shares his views on Silicon Valley Bank, interest-rate risk, and the need for an accurate assessment of financial policy.
Here are the 4 new faculty members joining MIT Sloan in 2023
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Faculty joining MIT Sloan in 2023 are experts in energy markets, machine learning, health care economics, and decision-making.
Mario Draghi says war, inflation ‘didn’t come out of nowhere’
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Economist and former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi said he expects the war in Ukraine to send inflation higher. Tensions with China aren’t helping.
Data processing boom in investing favors large firms over small
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New research shows that investors are most interested in processing data about large, high-growth firms over smaller companies, even those with high-growth prospects.