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What Is the True Cost of Government-Backed Credit?

Deborah Lucas | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Read More: Financial Economists Roundtable (FER)Deborah Lucas, Freddie Mac, MIT Sloan School of Management, Fannie Mae, Government Accounting Office, Budgetary Arbitrage, Congressional Budget Office, Government Loans, Pell Grants, Politics News
Deborah Lucas

The government has a first-order effect on the allocation of capital and risk in the economy. And the question of what those commitments cost the public is important.

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The Dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management on Social Impact, Collaborative Learning and More

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Education, Business School, Mit, MIT Sloan School of Management, Social Impact, College, Social Innovation, Higher Education, Universities, Impact News
Rahim Kanani

MIT Sloan School of Management chooses a mission to develop principled, innovative leaders who improve the world, and to develop the ideas that improve management practice.

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10 Ways Our Schools Can Build A Nation Of Entrepreneurs

Bill Aulet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Small Business, MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneuship Education, Business News
Bill Aulet

Entrepreneurs and educators agree on two fundamental points. The first is so obvious that it hardly bears repeating but let's restate it anyway: entre...

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"Geekfest" Draws an A-List Crowd in Beantown

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Bill Simmons, The Blind Side, Darren Rovell, Olympics, David Stern, Michael Lewis, Major League Soccer, Nfl, Adam Silver, Hockey, Geeks, Bloomberg, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, MIT Sloan School of Management, Mark Cuban, Nba, ESPN.Com, Sports News
Joe Favorito

Can an institute of higher learning like MIT find a way to create that Davos-like event for the sports industry on a global basis?

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Dorkapalooza 2010

Jeff Ma | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Bill Simmons, Sabermetrics, Moneyball, MIT Sloan School of Management, Daryl Morey, Mark Cuban, Mit, Sports News
Jeff Ma

The question shouldn't be, "What are the limits of Moneyball?"; it should instead be "How can we use a Moneyball-type approach to help make better decisions in all facets of sports?"

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The Fallacy of Supply and Demand

Dan Ariely | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: George Loewenstein, Marketing Research, Mit, MIT Sloan School of Management, Drazen Prelec, Business News
Dan Ariely

If I asked you for the last two digits of your social security number, then asked you whether you would pay this number in dollars for a particular bottle of wine, would the mere suggestion of that number influence how much you would be willing to spend on wine?

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