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MIT economists found US companies tend to target employees earning a “wage premium,” which increases inequality but not necessarily productivity.

A day of conversations and archival access at the MIT Museum reflects an ongoing exchange rooted in the work and ideas of the Institute’s first Black graduate.

“These educators are some of the finest instructors at MIT,” says SHASS Dean Agustín Rayo

Associate Professor Dwai Banerjee’s new book examines the visionaries who wanted to turn India into a world power at making computers.

Afreen Siddiqi, Kathleen Thelen, and Vinod Vaikuntanathan, along with alumna Kate Manne, are appointed to the 2026 class of “trail-blazing fellows.”