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Why It’s So Hard to Cut Waste in Health Care
Professor Finkelstein: If something becomes more expensive, people will buy less of it. When patients have to pay more, they use less medical care. The problem is they use less of all types of care.
Have We Entered the Era of the Activist Scientist?
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The name Angela Davis has been synonymous with radical activism since the 60s. In the intervening years, Davis has channeled those efforts for change into an equally impactful academic career. Now 76, she is a professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the author of several in...
Why there is no long-term tradeoff between lives and livelihoods in the pandemic
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This counter-intuitive result emerges because countries actually have little choice in how much they must reduce contact levels to control the epidemic.
A Data-Driven Tool for Successful Reopening
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With vaccine rollouts projected to take many months, and a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus appearing around world, gasping economies are desperately in need of their own shot in the arm.
Alumni Spotlight: Carolina Goncebat, MBA ’20
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The MIT Sloan MBA Class of 2020 persevered despite a global pandemic, an increasingly difficult job market, and many other ongoing challenges. New graduates like Carolina Goncebat, MBA ’20, have since succeeded in making their mark in numerous industries across the globe.