Department of Economics

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A Crash Course in the Basics of Programming, Replication, and Numerical Methods
Jan/22 Mon 09:00AM–10:30AM
Jan/23 Tue 09:00AM–10:30AM
Jan/25 Thu 09:00AM–10:30AM
Jan/26 Fri 09:00AM–10:30AM
Jan/29 Mon 09:00AM–10:30AM
Jan/30 Tue 09:00AM–10:30AM

Instructor: Victor M. Quintas-Martinez

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Artificial Intelligence and Governments: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jan/19 Fri 10:00AM–11:30AM

Speaker: Martin Beraja

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Book Talk - We’ve Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care
Jan/17 Wed 02:00PM–03:30PM

Speaker: Amy Finkelstein

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Faculty Jobs for Economists in Management Schools
Jan/25 Thu 01:30PM–03:00PM

Panelists: Bob Gibbons, Danielle Li

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

How to Write a Dissertation While Maintaining your Sanity?
Jan/29 Mon 01:00PM–02:30PM

Panelists: Anna Mikusheva, Christian Wolf, Parag Pathak, Tobias Salz

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Inflation: New and Old Perspectives
Jan/09 Tue 10:00AM–11:30AM

Speaker: Ivan Werning

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Machine Learning, Science, and Economic Theory
Jan/11 Thu 11:00AM–12:00PM

Speaker: Ashesh Rambachan

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Predocs, Research, and Academia
Jan/24 Wed 01:00PM–02:30PM

Panelists: Jennifer Jackson (Blueprint Labs), Jesse Gubb (J-PAL)

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Private Sector, Tech, and Consulting
Jan/24 Wed 03:30PM–05:00PM

Panelists: Alonso Eduardo Bucarey (Amazon), Stacey Carlson (Uber), Pierre-Luc Vautrey (Meta), Ben Olken (Moderator)

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

The Past, Present, and Future of Health Care Reform
Jan/10 Wed 11:00AM–12:00PM

Speaker: Jon Gruber

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

The Social Implications of AI
Jan/16 Tue 01:00PM–02:30PM

Speakers: David Autor and Sendhil Mullainathan

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

Topics in Macroeconomics
Jan/22 Mon 02:30PM–04:00PM
Jan/29 Mon 02:30PM–04:00PM

Speaker: Raphael Schoenle

Part 1: Micro Data, Price Setting and Macro Implications

Part 2: Measuring Inflation Expectations

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)

What Does It Take for Research to Inform Policy?
Jan/16 Tue 11:00AM–12:00PM

Speakers: Emily Romano (J-PAL Global), Anna Mysliwiec (J-PAL Global)

Questions? Contact Eric Trueswell (erictrue@mit.edu)