Ideas Made to Matter Public Policy

How a nonprofit meals provider will triple the people it serves

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Community Servings feeds the chronically ill. To grow, it brought in help from MIT.

Jul 20, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

A new method for rooting out social media bots

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Borrowing a model from statistical physics, an MIT professor finds a better way to detect online bots.

Jul 10, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

Moving beyond the monetary policy rule of thumb

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New framework incorporates economic shocks to determine how exchange rate fluctuations affect inflation.

Apr 10, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Labor

A new survey takes the pulse of worker voice in America

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Interest in union membership is up since the 90s.

Mar 8, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Public Policy

How effective are post-financial crisis bank regulations?

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Bankers and regulatory experts weigh in on what's working and what isn't.

Feb 27, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Government

Negative income tax, explained

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Could a negative income tax replace the welfare system?

Feb 7, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

New study: Gentrification triggered 16 percent drop in city crime

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Researchers examined Cambridge, Massachusetts, following the end of rent control in 1995.

Dec 21, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Sustainability

Clean Power Plan repeal won't save coal

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Cheap natural gas, not federal regulation, has strained the industry most.

Oct 12, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Digital Economy

Uber and Lyft partner with Boston transit agency to provide on-demand rides to disabled residents

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The partnership so far has provided savings of approximately $40,000 for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Mar 14, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter

Fed up? Call Congress. Fifty Nifty will help.

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A new MIT project makes it easier to call your representatives, and to have your say.

Mar 13, 2017
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