Q&A: Why cities aren’t working for the working class
Professor David Autor’s latest research shows how economic polarization stems from urban job loss.
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The value of late-in-life health care spending | MIT News
Study debunks notion that large chunks of Medicare go to futile end-of-life care.
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MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 77 students from the Class of 2018 | MIT News
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Discovering hidden stories in the Flint water crisis | MIT News
Graduate student Elena Sobrino looks beyond the headlines to study interactions between the city’s people and institutions.
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Method man | MIT News
Alberto Abadie refines the tools of economics — and gets some interesting results along the way.
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Fighting toxic stress in children is tough but possible | MIT News
Taking time to understand underlying causes of stress can help children escape debilitating health effects, symposium speakers argue.
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CS+HASS SuperUROP debuts with nine research projects | MIT News
In yearlong program, MIT students apply computer science to humanities, arts, and social science research.
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People power | MIT News
State-level policy in the U.S. is responsive to public opinion, study shows.
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3 Questions: Vipin Narang on the North Korea summits | MIT News
Nuclear strategy expert shares observations from the recent North Korea-South Korea summit and possible outcomes of the North Korea-U.S. summit.
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For food-aid recipients, information is power | MIT News
A simple card explaining a government aid program leads to more rice for poor villagers in Indonesia.
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