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Economics
Economist Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize win delights MIT colleagues
Faculty members cite his transformative work on contract theory.
Oct 11, 2016
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Research
MIT Sloan research about the coronavirus pandemic
The latest working papers from MIT Sloan faculty about the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 23, 2020
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Financial Markets
Study: How target date funds impact investment behavior
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The average U.S. investor holds more of their wealth in the stock market than in prior decades — a trend drastically accelerated by target date funds.
May 23, 2022
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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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Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI as a platform for applications development
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Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly emerging as a key foundational platform for new applications. But hurdles remain, according to researchers.
Apr 22, 2025
Action Learning
In USA Lab class, MIT students help strengthen American communities
USA Lab students conduct fieldwork to deepen their understanding of America's economic and social struggles, and uncover sustainable solutions that work.
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Finance
Rethinking how the housing crisis happened
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New research casts into doubt the central storyline of 2008 — that this was ever a subprime crisis to begin with.
Nov 9, 2016
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Innovation
Why innovators can’t afford to ignore geopolitics
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Tariffs, sanctions, export controls, and industrial policies now shape how companies hire talent, build supply chains, and choose markets.
Oct 15, 2025
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Labor
MIT Task Force Report Emphasizes Need to Improve Workers' Economic Prospects
The MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, an MIT-wide task force recently released its report—and the report includes an extensive focus on improving economic prospects for U.S. workers, particularly those who lack a college education.