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

World Inequality Lab: Power and Progress

Date
November 6, 2023
Time
11AM
World Inequality Lab: Power and Progress

CDT Digital Leadership Series: Achieving Shared Prosperity in The Age Of AI – A Conversation with Simon Johnson

Date
November 1, 2023
Time
5:30PM
CDT Digital Leadership Series: Achieving Shared Prosperity in The Age Of AI – A Conversation with Simon Johnson

Rethinking Market Capitalism: Daron Acemoglu at the London School of Economics

Date
October 20, 2023
Time
1PM
Rethinking Market Capitalism: Daron Acemoglu at the London School of Economics

Simon Johnson at the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative

Date
October 10, 2023
Time
4PM
Simon Johnson at the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative

Daron Acemoglu at the Centre for the Governance of AI

Date
October 10, 2023
Time
12AM
Daron Acemoglu at the Centre for the Governance of AI

Stanford Digital Economy Lab: Can We Redirect Technological Change?

Date
October 9, 2023
Time
3PM
Stanford Digital Economy Lab: Can We Redirect Technological Change?

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Webinar: Can We Have Pro-Human AI?

Date
October 6, 2023
Time
10AM
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Webinar: Can We Have Pro-Human AI?

DREAM VSET Seminar with Daron Acemoglu

Date
September 28, 2023
Time
4PM - 5:15PM BST
Location
Virtual
DREAM VSET Seminar with Daron Acemoglu

Starr Forum: Power and Progress Featuring Daron Acemoglu

Date
September 26, 2023
Time
5:30PM
Starr Forum: Power and Progress Featuring Daron Acemoglu

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