The MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy will distribute a prize pool of $20,000 to the winners.
While Congress and the Administration wrestle with a massive $2 trillion response and many suggest expansive new loan programs, the simple way forward is to [...]
It is with great pleasure that I transition to my new role as the inaugural executive director of MIT’s Center for Finance and Policy (CFP). As someone who has focused on government financial institutions for many years, I welcome this new beginning as a chance to direct sunlight towards a unique se...
The CFP is pleased to announce the addition of two new and distinguished members, Ms. Carla F. Avila and Dr. Sung Hwan Shin, to its Advisory Board. The CFP Advisory Board convenes annually at MIT, and provides essential oversight, guidance and support to the Center and its mission.
On July 1, 2016, the U.S. territory, which has been mired in a years-long debt crisis, failed to make good on $2 billion of bond payments due, triggering the worst default in its history. Puerto Rico’s governor Alejandro García Padilla has defended the decision to skip the full payment, emphasizing ...
The MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter R. Fisher as our Distinguished Senior Fellow for the 2025-2026 academic year. The former Undersecretary of the U.S. Treasury and BlackRock executive will teach a finance course at MIT Sloan and will contribut...
GCFP appoints Jan Eberly as Distinguished Senior Fellow
Authors James Freeman and Vern McKinley discuss their research on 200 years of Citi’s history as presented in their 2018 book Borrowed Time. Lunch will be provided.
With the arrival of a new Congress and a new administration, change may be in store for current and former students who have borrowed to pay for higher education expenses. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump indicated a desire to ease the debt burden carried by former students, and Republicans at ti...
As part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the MIT CFP invites you to a lunch talk by Michael Piwowar, SEC Commissioner on Current Issues and Challenges in Securities Regulation
