Without a Home
Without a Home
Due in part to the poor state of the economy, the number of homeless has been on the rise. This is part of the story of just a few of those in Central Square, Cambridge.
Why is there No Class Warfare in the US? American ...
Why is there No Class Warfare in the US? American Exceptionalism and ...
04/23/2003 3:00 PM 3-442Chuck Collins, co-founder and Program Director of United for a Fair Economy and Responsible WealthDescription: In this talk, Collins discusses the economic impact of the (then) proposed and (now) passed into law Bush tax cut, and issues around ...
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
09/09/2009 11:00 AM Bartos theaterDr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning CommissionDescription: People sometimes ask Montek Singh Ahluwalia questions loaded with "aspirational objectives," such as when India will "get rid of poverty." Few are as ...
The International Development Fair: The Human Factor at ...
The International Development Fair: The Human Factor at Work in the World
10/03/2008 10:30 AM Little KresgeAmy Smith, '84, SM '95, ENG '95, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical EngineeringDescription: Imagine if thousands of Amy Smiths were unleashed on the world, providing simple, ingenious inventions to make life easier for those ...
The Interaction Between Poverty, Growth and Democracy
The Interaction Between Poverty, Growth and Democracy
05/03/2010 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumPresident Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru 2001"2006Description: Alejandro Toledo has remained a passionate advocate of reform since departing the presidency of Peru in 2006. In his home country, he embodied the possibility of ...
The Hundred Dollar Laptop-Computing for Developing Nations
The Hundred Dollar Laptop-Computing for Developing Nations
09/28/2005 8:45 AM KresgeNicholas Negroponte, BAR '66, MAR '66, Chairman and Co-Founder, MIT Media Laboratory Wiesner Professor of Media Technology; Chairman, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)Description: Imagine a world where all school-age children own a laptop computer, ...
The Evolution of Economic Science: Macroeconomics, Growth, ...
The Evolution of Economic Science: Macroeconomics, Growth, and Development
01/27/2011 10:45 AM KresgeDaron Acemoglu, James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT; Peter Diamond, PhD '63, MIT Institute Professor; Esther Duflo, PhD '99, Abdul Latif Jameel Prof of Poverty Allev & Develop Department of Economics; Robert Hall, PhD '67, Robert and ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 9: Education: ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 9: Education: Setting the Stage
This lecture covers the themes portrayed in the film "Educating Yaparak" and examines education through the lens of economics. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 8: Health: Low ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 8: Health: Low Hanging Fruit?
This lecture discusses some of the most effective and cheapest ways to promote good health, such as bednets, immunization and breast feeding. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 6: Nutrition: The ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 6: Nutrition: The Hidden Traps
Description: In this lecture, Esther Duflo discusses nutrition as a hidden trap. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 5: Is There a ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 5: Is There a Nutrition-Based ...
In this lecture, Esther Duflo covers malnutriton and the nutrition-based poverty trap, including the relationship between productivity and nutrition. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 3: Social ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 3: Social Experiments: Why and ...
In this lecture, Esther Duflo talks about social experiments done to understand what interventions work best to mitigate world poverty. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 2: What is a ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 2: What is a Poverty Trap?
Lecture 2 provides an introduction to the idea of poverty traps. Instructor: Esther Duflo
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 26: Five Thoughts ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 26: Five Thoughts in Place of a ...
Description: The professor provides some final thoughts to conclude the course on the challenges of world poverty. Instructor: Abhijit Banerjee
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 25: Policies, ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 25: Policies, Politics: Can ...
Description: This lecture discusses the impact of political economics on the world's poor. Instructor: Abhijit Banerjee
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 24: Policies, ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 24: Policies, Politics: Can ...
Description: This lecture discusses theories and policies developed to help fight poverty. Instructor: Abhijit Banerjee
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 22: Entrepreneurs ...
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 22: Entrepreneurs and Workers
Description: This lecture talks about the relationship between the poor and entrepreneurship. Instructor: Abhijit Banerjee
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 21: Savings 2
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 21: Savings 2
Description: This lecture covers experiments conducted to understand savings and borrowing in Kenya and the Phillippines. Instructor: Abhijit Banerjee
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 20: Savings
The Challenge of World Poverty - Lecture 20: Savings
This lecture covers the realities of saving and borrowing for the world's poor. Instructor: Abhijit Bannerjee