[Mitworld] Krugman on Economic Meltdown, Heywood on GHG and Fuel Consumption

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 25 |  February 18, 2010

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The Economic Meltdown: What Have We Learned, if Anything?
February 5, 2010

The U.S. has had more than 70 years to come to terms with the Great Depression, and we really 
thought we knew how to avoid another one, says Paul Krugman. “It wasn’t supposed to be possible. 
Then came the current crisis.”

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/744

Speaker:
Paul Krugman PhD '77
Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Columnist, The New York Times
2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics


Event Host:
Economics Department

"It’s as if it were still 2007: we’ve gone back to it. People are espousing the same positions, 
the same rhetoric about private sector dynamism and the evils of big government. The same 
denunciations of Keynesian economics are right back in vogue."
-Paul Krugman

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Opportunities for Reducing U.S. Transportation's Petroleum Usage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
September 22, 2009

While the U.S. has set formidable goals around cutting oil consumption and reducing greenhouse 
gas emissions, these will likely remain out of reach as long as we continue our romance with 
big, powerful cars, says John Heywood.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/743

Speaker:
John B. Heywood SM '62, PhD '64
Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical EngineeringDirector, Sloan Automotive Laboratory Co-Director, Lab for 21st Century Energy


Event Host:
Transportation at MIT

"In the last 25 years, vehicles have become more efficient, while fuel economy has not really changed. 
Big vehicles are about as efficient as small, but percentage-wise, we consume more fuel.
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-John Heywood

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In The Pipeline:

The Road from Copenhagen

Presented By:
MIT Energy Initiative

Moderator:
Ernest Moniz
Director
MIT Energy Initiative

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