Economics – MIT Spectrum

Students chat on campus in the fall. Photo: Gretchen Ertl

Spring 2021

Economics and Well-Being

Class gives students frameworks to improve decision making

MIT Dome at night

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2016

Heidi Williams of the MIT Department of Economics. Image: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (CC-BY)

MIT Economist: “Invisible Incentives” are Stifling Life-Saving Cancer Research

The Morris and Sophie Chang Building (foreground left) borders the vibrant Kendall Square technology hub. Photo: Christopher Harting with Above Summit

A Campus Treasure is Restored and Renamed

Destácame co-founders Augusto Ruiz-Tagle, Sebastián Ugarte, and Jorge Camus. Image: Courtesy MIT Sloan

Alumni-led Destácame Helps Middle Class Prove Credit in Latin America

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Sloan Professor’s “Good Job” Philosophy: Can Employees, Customers, and Companies All Come Out Ahead?

Summer 2015

Rice Experiment Yields Results

Tavneet Suri’s experiment determined that the hunger season could potentially be shortened and yields increased.

Thomas Piketty. Image: Wikimedia Commons CC-by2.0

The Grad Student and the Celebrity Economist: An Unexpected Critique Earns Unprecedented Attention

‘The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies’ by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee. Image: W.W. Norton

Spring 2015

Excerpt: ‘The Second Machine Age’

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When Kids Lose Disability Benefits, Do Earnings Increase?