A simple card explaining a government aid program leads to more rice for poor villagers in Indonesia.

MIT economist’s historical study details how railroads helped India trade and grow.

MIT Policy Hackathon, run by students within MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, seeks interdisciplinary solutions to societal challenges.

MIT economist lauded for work on education, market-design mechanisms.

Poor health is a less common cause of bankruptcy than commonly thought, but it brings other economic woes, study finds.

Government leaders, social service providers, and leading scholars gathered for the second conference of J-PAL North America’s State and Local Innovation Initiative.

Experts cite immigration as engine of U.S. success, lament human damage done by current policies, and see signs of hope.

Did humans speak through cave art? New paper links ancient drawings and language’s origins.

Serious medical problems reduce earnings, hurt employment, and increase debt.

Founder Teppei Yamamoto designs new tools to comprehend political behavior transformed by digital technology.