MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy – The mission of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) is to serve as a catalyst for innovative, cross-disciplinary and non-partisan research and educational initiatives that address the unique challenges facing governments in their role as financial institutions and as regulators of the financial system.

The business year ahead: MIT experts on what to expect in 2019

Better than a crystal ball…Here’s what seven experts, including GCFP’s Doug Criscitello and Chester Spatt, advise businesses to keep an eye on in 2019.

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GCFP Fall Newsletter 2018

Highlights include our latest annual conference featuring Ben Bernanke, Stanley Fischer, and others (including a link to watch the livestream); our recently announced contest; new research; and more.

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GCFP launches contest to develop new type of retirement plan for the public sector

The MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy will distribute a prize pool of $20,000 to the winners. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 24, 2018 – The Golub Center for Finance and […]

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Briefs & Blogs

Rethinking How and When Students Pay for College

It was hard to pay attention to the 2018 election without hearing a proposal for “free college.” In the gubernatorial contests alone, more than ten candidates advocated some form of […]

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Introducing a new educational tool on housing finance reform

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Golub Center for Finance and Policy’s educational tool on housing finance reform. Proposals for reform have come from both within and […]

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Closing the lending gap will help government and business thrive

With taxpayers at risk for $20 trillion in loans and insured obligations, worth more than the five largest American bank companies combined, the United States government is essentially the largest […]

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