[Mitworld] Robert C. Merton on the Practice of Finance, Video Artist Bill Viola

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 34 |  April 16, 2009

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Observations on the Science of Finance in the Practice of Finance
March 5, 2009

There will be a time “beyond crisis,” asserts Robert C. Merton, who delves into the dense science of derivatives -- a field he has fundamentally shaped -- to explain how the vast global economic collapse has come about, and how financial 
innovations at the heart of the collapse could also be tools for reconstruction.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/659

Speaker:
Robert C. Merton Ph.D. '70
John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School, Harvard UniversityNobel Prize in Economic Sciences, 1997


Event Host:
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

"If you have housing come down, as it did as an underlying asset you’re going to have those effects in the most vanilla of securities. Any virtue can become a vice when taken to its extreme.  Only a crazy person would have a mathematical model 
just running -- (and) you go off fishing. 
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-Robert C. Merton

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An Evening with Video Artist Bill Viola
March 10, 2009

Bill Viola's inspiring talk of life, death and all that lies between, leaves the realm of classroom and enters a place of potential enlightenment. Weaving together his video art, personal anecdotes, poetry and other writings from religious traditions spanning the globe and the ages, Viola illuminates his own spiritual journey and search for meaning.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/660

Speaker:
Bill Viola
Video artist


Event Host:
Council for the Arts at MIT

"We’re moving into a scary time; the world seems like it’s deconstructing before our eyes. ... As students, you should be very happy you’re graduating into this emptiness. As Buddhists say, if you’re not empty, there’s not room to put something in to fill you up. You’ll move into a world with a lot of opportunity."
-Bill Viola

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In The Pipeline:

Great Leaps, Persistence, and Innovation: The Evolving Story of Hyundai

Presented By:
Engineering System Division
Annual Charles L. Miller Lecture

Speaker:
John Krafcik
President and CEO
Hyundai Motor America

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