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 ...
Panic buying and hoarding are once again in the news, as fear induced by the pandemic strikes across the world. Why is this happening and what can we do about it? Is hoarding a rational, if anti‐social, response to scarcity, or an emotional reaction driven by fear and panic?
“Employers must realize that COVID-19 and the racial reckoning in the U.S. have permanently transformed people’s perspectives on work and life,” says Monster CEO Scott Gutz, SF ’08. “From safety protocols and flex schedules to salary protections and diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) in...
People are nearly as good as fact-checkers at sussing out unreliable news sources, a new study finds.
Memorial tribute to Stan Fischer.
Tribute to John “Mac” McQuown, long-time member of the GCFP Advisory Board
The Security and Exchange Commission’s Peirce shares views on climate-related disclosures, payment for order flow, and cost-benefit analysis for rulemaking.
Housing finance policy has been built during and for times of crisis. Just look at the long list of government actions related to the financing of housing [...]
Percival Barretto-Ko, SF ’11 on the ways companies can build effective and sustainable DEI initiatives.
Learn about recent MIT research and analysis related to improving the electric grid in the U.S.
