After the pandemic: Interview with the economist Bengt Holmström
Prof. Emeritus Bengt Holmström is one of the world's most influential economists and a long-time faculty member at MIT.
Prof. Emeritus Bengt Holmström is one of the world's most influential economists and a long-time faculty member at MIT.
“It's important to understand how culture fundamentally shapes how people respond not only to this pandemic, but to future crises as well."
“The idea that the pandemic has kind of restarted America's start-up engine is a real thing."
Nupur Garg (SF '11) says: "...dare to dream big and dare even more to make that dream come true."
"The fact of the matter is that if America wants to remain a world leader it has to invest in its people."
...an increase in straight ticket voting, in turn, translates into more polarized voters, said Charles Angelucci, one of the study's authors.
"Is this the moment when we should articulate the future we want to create with much more radical clarity?"
"People fall for fake news when they rely on their intuitions and emotions, and therefore don't think enough about what they are reading."
"The power of inclusion is illustrated by the backgrounds and inspirations of the winners of the Lemelson-MIT Prize over 25 years..."
"This is the perfect moment to launch a work redesign initiative like the one we researched..."