Exactics, a startup that develops rapid diagnostic tools for infectious diseases, took home the top prize and $135,000 in the ...

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To understand the importance of reliable data to economic policymaking, think about driving without an accurate speedometer. Knowing when to press on the brakes and when to push down on the ...

The investment from longtime benefactors John Edwardson, MBA ’72, and Fran Edwardson is the latest in their history of ...

Accounting for the costs of climate change is an increasing focus globally. In 2024, the United States alone had 27 “confirmed weather/climate disaster events with losses exceeding $1 billion each,” ...

What can the mining industry do to make itself greener and still turn a profit—all while being the linchpin in our path toward sustainability? Picture a society powered by renewable energy. What ...

Knowledge may be power, but information can also be overwhelming. Decision-makers often have access to so much potentially relevant data that they must choose what to ignore. Economists call this ...

Back in 2020, New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill wrote about an experiment she conducted for the news site Gizmodo the year before to see how hard it would be to disconnect from Big Tech—Amazon, ...

As catastrophic wildfires, hurricanes, and floods roil the planet, investors are increasingly interested in portfolios to hedge the risks associated with climate change. A research team including ...

Why are some countries rich and others poor? It’s among the most important questions in economics—in all the social sciences—and one at the heart of the work for which MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and Simon ...

It’s been seven years since US president Donald Trump took to a Washington, DC, podium to sing the praises of a tax bill, soon to become the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017—better known to many as the ...