Public Policy
Ideas and insights about public policy from MIT Sloan.
Why innovators can’t afford to ignore geopolitics
Tariffs, sanctions, export controls, and industrial policies now shape how companies hire talent, build supply chains, and choose markets.
Building a quantum workforce
The Quantum Index Report from MIT documents a growing demand for quantum skills and emerging efforts to train a quantum workforce.
4 ways to use AI to improve lives, from MIT researchers
Artificial intelligence can tackle complex and important challenges, from creating fairer organ transplant policies to addressing asylum system backlogs.
Online content moderation: What works, and what people want
Fact-checker warnings work and are broadly popular, and other insights about social media moderation from an MIT expert.
5 issues to consider as AI reshapes work
Experts say those making decisions about AI should engage proactively with policymakers and consider worker voice and well-being.
What business needs to know about carbon border adjustments
Climate economist Catherine Wolfram explains how the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism aims to level the playing field among trading partners.
3 things to know about the next 4 years of US energy
Climate policy expert Christopher Knittel handicaps the likelihood of tariffs, cuts to IRA subsidies, and a carbon tax under the new administration.
3 ways to improve the mortgage market
These approaches could make mortgages more affordable and more equitable for U.S. homebuyers.
‘Energy poverty’ hits US residents more in the South and Southwest
The LIHEAP formula for calculating energy aid was written in the 1980s. Researchers propose a solution that recognizes the cost of cooling a warming south.
Nobel winners propose fixes for democracy’s ’tough stretch’
MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson say good jobs and the equitable deployment of technology can help restore people’s faith in democratic institutions.