MIT students explore food sustainability
First-year students visit nonprofit grocer in Central Square providing low-cost, nutritious food; learn about food resources at MIT.
Graduate student financial literacy initiative launched
MIT community members can take advantage of a new financial literacy online portal and a series of financial literacy workshops.
Search without reward
MIT conference highlights the plight of the long-term unemployed, a social issue of growing urgency.
Mobile money helps Kenyans weather financial storms
New study shows how electronic cash transfers help people cope with income problems.
Deep in the field
Book details how economist Robert Townsend has spent two decades in rural Thailand, exploring the links between household finances and economic growth.
Former banking executive reflects on launch and rise of the ATM
John Reed talks about the challenges and opportunities of working with a complex sociotechnical system.
Columnist discusses financial literacy at SWIM event
Heather McGregor, Financial Times columnist and author, spoke to the Sloan Women in Management club.
The health-insurance markets of the (very near) future
Policymakers must address ‘tension’ between competition and ease of use.
Study: At most a third of us show a consistent approach to financial risk
Empirically rich new study finds most people alter their risk-management approach depending on the type of financial decision.