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What is the Social Discount Rate? MIT Economists Weigh In

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In a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget on Circular A-4 that guides federal agencies in conducting benefit-cost analyses, a dozen MIT professors, many affiliated with the Golub Center for Finance and Policy, offered suggestions [...]

Jul 19, 2023
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Edward Golding op-ed on FHFA and mortgage risk pricing

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MAY 4 – 2023 “BankThink: No, FHFA is not encouraging a race to the bottom.” Recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, acting in its capacity as conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, made some modest changes in the pricing of mortgage risk. These modest changes [...]

May 4, 2023
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Improved Retirement Savings

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Robert Merton (School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management, 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics and GCFP co-director) has long advocated for better ways to save for retirement. His concept of Retirement Security Bonds (RSB’s) would allow [...]

Feb 27, 2023
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The Flip Side Podcast: Is the US ready for a carbon tax?

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Economists view a carbon tax as an effective solution to lower emissions, yet the US has not implemented one. Has the time come? Jeff Meli and MIT Professor Deborah J. Lucas discuss on The Flip Side Podcast Episode 39: Is the US ready for a carbon tax?

Oct 21, 2021
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