The Writers: Orna Feldman

Prof. Dan Ariely explores in his latest book why people consistently make foolish economic choices. Photo: Ed Quinn
Fall 2008

Predictably Irrational

Prof. Dan Ariely has written a new book that explores irrational economic thinking, like why we value things more when we pay more.

Ted Selker has been part of a team that launched a nationwide review of voting procedures following the 2000 election. Photo: Pam Berry
Winter 2008

Voting Procedures

Prof. Ted Selker says we learned many lessons from the 2000 voting debacle, ones we’ll use as a guide in 2008.

Prof. Suzanne Berger says “focusing just on cheap labor is never a winning strategy.” Photo: Ed Quinn
Summer 2007

Choices Matter

Prof. Suzanne Berger examines what companies are doing to make it in today’s global economy.

Assoc. Prof. Melissa Nobles examines the national census in the U.S. and Brazil, and explores the politics that lie behind the counting. Photo: Ed Quinn
Spring 2007

All About the Count

Assoc. Prof. Melissa Nobles examines the national census and explores the politics that lie behind the counting.

Prof. Yossi Sheffi has written
Summer 2006

Disaster as Opportunity

Prof. Yossi Sheffi writes a new book for executives pondering how to reduce corporate risk.

Elizabeth Cox, a teacher of creative writing at MIT since 2001 and author of five books - including <em>The Ragged Way People Fall Out of Love</em>, <em>The Slow Moon</em>, and the short story collection <em>Bargains in the Real World</em> - has garnered an armful of honors.
Spring 2006

Awakening Others

Elizabeth Cox, a teacher of creative writing at MIT and the author of five books, has garnered an armful of honors.

Esther Duflo is an economics professor who pursues the big question driving her work: Why do the world’s poor stay poor? “It’s the broad motivation for all I do,” says Duflo, who recently co-founded the MIT Poverty Action Lab. Photo: Ed Quinn
Winter 2005

Helping the Poor

Prof. Esther Duflo, who co-founded MIT’s Poverty Action Lab, is working to improve the income level and quality of life of the poor.

Prof. Diane Davis is project director of Jerusalem 2050: Vision for a Place of Peace, a four-year project that is an invitation to re-envision Jerusalem as a place of peace in the year 2050. Photo: Ed Quinn
Fall 2005

Imagining a New Jerusalem

Prof. Diane Davis is director of Jerusalem 2050, a project that brings together the world’s leading experts to create a dream of peace in the year 2050.