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Charting Creativity

By sstockman, May 7 2007

What's an inventor? In pop culture' he is often as not toiling away in his garage to come up with a time machine' or is resurrecting human flesh in an Eastern European castle. Most real inventors present a somewhat less indelible image. They usually work in the labs or offices of a corporation or university. Take Lee Fleming.

Senior Moments

By sstockman, March 7 2007

"It's all up there on the door." That' along with a casual gesture' is Ken Shepsle's response to "what have you been up to lately?" The George D. Markham Professor of Government points to his closet door ­ which is covered in the whiteboard­wallpaper that seems to be ubiquitous here at IQSS.

Targeting in Social Programs

By sstockman, February 2 2007

Richard Zeckerhauser's recent book Targeting in Social Programs, co-written with Yale Professor Peter Schuck, has drawn praise from reviewers on the left and the right.

Whiteboard and Endless Statistics

By egehrman, November 15 2006

The whiteboard that covers hundreds of feet of the curved hallway at IQSS is not always covered with equations - but lately, it usually is. And most of them are in the haphazard hand of James M. Robins, M.D., a faculty associate at IQSS and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the School of Public Health.

Whiteboard and Endless Statistics

By egehrman, September 15 2006

The whiteboard that covers hundreds of feet of the curved hallway at IQSS is not always covered with equations - but lately, it usually is. And most of them are in the haphazard hand of James M. Robins, M.D., a faculty associate at IQSS and a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the School of Public Health.

Settling New Accounts

By egehrman, September 15 2006

Simplifying anything - from an office filing system to a walk-in closet- is hard work. Now take the attention to detail required of those small-scale projects and apply it to the U. S. economy, and you'll begin to understand the patience and persistence Dale Jorgenson's work requires.

Kevin Quinn on How Words Shape Democracy

By egehrman, September 1 2006

There has been much talk in the United States in recent years about what the New York Times Magazine recently called "The Framing Wars". That is, the subtle - and not-so-subtle - ways politicians and parties use language to promote their views on a given topic, and how word choice can change the nature of a debate.

Kevin Quinn on How Words Shape Democracy

By egehrman, August 1 2006

There has been much talk in the United States in recent years about what the New York Times Magazine recently called "The Framing Wars". That is, the subtle - and not-so-subtle - ways politicians and parties use language to promote their views on a given topic, and how word choice can change the nature of a debate.

An Astonishing Sixty Years--the Legacy of Hiroshima

By olau, March 9 2006

For most of the world, August 6, 2005 passed without much notice. For Thomas Schelling, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics, the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was remarkable for its very unremarkableness.

Thomas Schelling to Give Nobel Lecture at IQSS

By kkriz, February 15 2006

The Institute for Quantitative Social Science is pleased to announce that 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Thomas Schelling, will present his Nobel Lecture, "An Astonishing Sixty Years--the Legacy of Hiroshima," as part of its weekly Harvard-MIT Seminar on Positive Political Economy series. The talk will take place on Thursday, March 2 at 4:30pm at the Fong Auditorium in Boylston Hall.