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"In some low-income communities, people spend... up to 20% of their income on the lottery."

MIT economist Jon Gruber breaks down risk aversion, the psychology behind gambling, and what it means for public policy.

#TheLottery #Gambling #Economics #Microeconomics

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▷ System Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World

#TBT This one-day workshop from 2021 explores systems interactions in the real world, providing an introduction to the field of system dynamics, and previews more in-depth coverage available in MIT Sloan courses like 15.871 Introduction to System Dynamics, 15.872 System Dynamics II, and 15.873 System Dynamics for Business and Policy.

View the full playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

1 week ago | [YT] | 41

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New course! 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀

Prof. Robert Townsend synthesizes the computer science technologies underlying cryptocurrency, blockchain, tokenization, platforms, and computational algorithms with the economics tools of contract theory, mechanism design, general equilibrium theory, and monetary theory.


#SocialScience #Economics #FinancialEconomics #Blockchain #FinancialSystems #Cryptocurrency #Tokenization #Algorithms #ContractTheory #FreeCourses #MIT

1 week ago | [YT] | 801

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A new podcast from our friends at MIT CSAIL!

In this inaugural episode of 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯𝟮, Senior Research Scientist David Clark revisits the early days of the Internet, when a handful of researchers were trying to solve what seemed like an impossible problem: getting computers to talk to one another.

‪@MITCSAIL‬ ‪@mit‬ #Podcast #ComputerScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Internet

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 43

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▷The History of Nuclear Power

Professor R. Scott Kemp explains the historical discovery of nuclear energy, from its stellar origins to the development of reactors after WWII. He also highlights dual-use dangers, secrecy, politics, and how military and political imperatives locked in light-water reactor technology.

View the full playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

#Nuclear #NuclearPower #Energy #NuclearReactors #IntroCourse #MIT #FreeLectures

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 100

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"MIT gives classes away for free??"

Hear the story behind MIT's bold decision to "just give it away" in this new documentary from ‪@MITOpenLearning‬'s MIT Stories series.

View more MIT Stories here: learn.mit.edu/video-playlist/88445

‪@mit‬ #OpenEducation #LifelongLearning

1 month ago | [YT] | 231

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Check out our friends, ‪@CuriosityCorrespondents‬, who explore topics from nano technology to neuroscience, robots to RNA, ecosystems to exoplanets, and much more!

In this video, graduate student Leo Williams explains how MIT experts are working to engineer tools to better arm the immune system to attack cancer.

#MIT ‪@mit‬ #CancerResearch #STEM

1 month ago | [YT] | 45

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▷ The Blues-Print for Innovation

Innovation requires improvisation. In this talk filmed in 2026, Bob Jones plays his electric guitar and forges memorable connections to the Three Pillars of Innovation.

#Business #Entrepreneurship #TheBlues #Management #Ventures #Guitar

1 month ago | [YT] | 57

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▷ Is surveillance pricing ever a GOOD thing?

MIT Economist Jon Gruber discusses the potential benefits and the dangers of surveillance pricing, and why it all boils down to efficiency vs equity.

1 month ago | [YT] | 13

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On the new MIT Learn podcast, 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, host Mary Ellen Wiltrout connects with MIT Professor Pawan Sinha about his groundbreaking work to help children with treatable or preventable blindness. learn.mit.edu/video/114878?playlist=114879

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