Events

Featured Event

John Cassidy at the Cambridge Public Library, with Simon Johnson

Date
May 13, 2025
Time
6PM EST
Location
Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, MA

Harvard Book Store, the Cambridge Public Library, and the MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative welcome John Cassidy—staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the books Dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Sold and How Markets Fail, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction—for a discussion of his new book Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI. He will be joined in conversation by Simon Johnson—Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he is head of the Global Economics and Management group. RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a hardcover copy of Capitalism and Its Critics and pick it up at the event. John Cassidy will sign copies of his new book after the presentation.

Past Events

Economic Policy Invited Policy Session: The simple macroeconomics of the AI transformation

Date
April 4, 2024
Time
12:45PM - 2:15PM EDT
Location
Virtual
Economic Policy Invited Policy Session: The simple macroeconomics of the AI transformation

CEPR – Reinvigorating Antitrust: Citizens, not just Consumers

Date
March 25, 2024
Time
1PM - 2PM EST
Location
Virtual
CEPR – Reinvigorating Antitrust: Citizens, not just Consumers

World Boston’s Chat & Chowder with Daron Acemoglu

Date
February 15, 2024
Time
6PM - 7:30PM EST
Location
111 Huntington Avenue, Suite 2500, Boston, MA, 02199
World Boston’s Chat & Chowder with Daron Acemoglu

MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative Launch Event

Date
January 22, 2024
Time
2PM - 6PM EST
Location
MIT Samberg Conference Center
MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative Launch Event

Simon Johnson Book Talk at ASB

Date
December 6, 2023
Time
8AM - 9AM EST
Location
Virtual
Simon Johnson Book Talk at ASB

The Role of Regulation and Antitrust Policy in Reshaping Technology: Insights from “Power and Progress” by Simon Johnson

Date
November 17, 2023
Time
10:30AM - 11:30AM EST
Location
Virtual
The Role of Regulation and Antitrust Policy in Reshaping Technology: Insights from “Power and Progress” by Simon Johnson

Daron Acemoglu at BU Questrom: Redirecting Innovation: Can We? Should We?

Date
November 10, 2023
Time
4:30PM
Daron Acemoglu at BU Questrom: Redirecting Innovation: Can We? Should We?

Lanzamiento del libro Power and Progress: Our 1.000-year struggle over technology and prosperity

Date
November 10, 2023
Time
4:10PM
Lanzamiento del libro Power and Progress: Our 1.000-year struggle over technology and prosperity

Dean’s Speaker Series: A Conversation with Dr. Daron Acemoglu, MIT Institute Professor

Date
November 8, 2023
Time
12PM
Dean’s Speaker Series: A Conversation with Dr. Daron Acemoglu, MIT Institute Professor

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