Simon Johnson on 13 Bankers
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Simon Johnson warns in a new book that a "new financial oligarchy" threatens not only the nation's economy, but its political core.
BOOKISH: Artist books from the collection of the Rotch ...
BOOKISH: Artist books from the collection of the Rotch Library of ...
Rotch Library of Architecture & Planning Guest curator: Samuel Ray Jacobson, MIT SMArchS ’13, History Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art On view April 20-June 10, 2012 Video for the exhibit created in conjunction with the symposium ...
Building (and using) Big Digital Libraries - John Unsworth
Building (and using) Big Digital Libraries - John Unsworth
John Unsworth discusses the recent formation of large-scale, collaborative digital libraries and the challenges and opportunities they pose for researchers seeking to use and study their collections. He describes the various challenges facing the new kinds of ...
Building (and using) Big Digital Libraries - Paul N. Courant
Building (and using) Big Digital Libraries - Paul N. Courant
Paul N. Courant discusses the recent formation of large-scale, collaborative digital libraries and the challenges and opportunities they pose for researchers seeking to use and study their collections. He explains the interconnected genesis of the Google Project, the ...
Building (and using) Big Digital Libraries - Q&A
Building (and using) Big Digital Libraries - Q&A
With Paul N. Courant & John Unsworth. Recorded on 5/25/12 at the MIT Faculty Club.
Electronic Literature and Future Books
Communications Forum: Electronic Literature and Future Books
How has electronic literature influenced other media, including the Web and the book? What are the implications of having literary projects in the digital sphere alongside other forms of communication and art
Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail
It is among the grandest topics in scholarship: Why do some nations, such as the United States, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient Rome to the modern Soviet Union, expand and then collapse? From Adam Smith and Max ...
Dynamic Economic Systems
Dynamic Economic Systems
Conversation with Nicholas Ashford, a professor of technology and policy in MIT's School of Engineering.
Junot Díaz named 2012 MacArthur fellow
Fiction Writer Junot Díaz: 2012 MacArthur Fellow | MacArthur Foundation
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and writing professor receives unrestricted $500,000 prize.
