[Mitworld] MIT150 Economic Science Evolution, James Simons on Mathematics and His Careers

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 29 |  February 16, 2011

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The Evolution of Economic Science: Individual and Firm Behavior
January 27, 2011

As they discuss the evolution of the economics profession and their own work, a distinguished group 
of economists also attest to MIT’s unique role as a place of research, teaching, and influence in 
the larger world.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/872

Moderator:
James Poterba
Mitsui Professor of Economics, MIT

Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom

"Looking back at the (MIT Economics) history ... an incredibly long list of contributions emerged: 
the theory of public goods, full-employment deficit, growth theory, optimal tax theory, optimal 
temporal consumption ... All these things have emerged from a melting pot of analytical tools and 
mathematical methods, mixed with a healthy interest in real world questions, grounded in real world problems."
-James Poterba

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Mathematics, Common Sense, and Good Luck: My Life and Careers
December 9, 2010

Don’t expect to glean any market tips or trading secrets from James Simons, who steadfastly refuses 
to disclose the method behind his remarkable record in investing. Instead, listen to this mathematician, 
hedge fund manager and philanthropist sum up a remarkably varied and rich career, and offer 
some “guiding principles” distilled along the way.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/870

Speaker:
James Simons '58
President, Euclidean CapitalFounder and Chairman, Math for America


Event Host:
MIT School of Science

"Be guided by beauty. Everything I’ve done has had an aesthetic component to me. Building a company 
trading bonds, what’s aesthetic? ... If you’re the first one to do it right, it’s a terrific feeling 
and a beautiful thing to do something right, like solving a math problem."
-James Simons

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In The Pipeline:

Excellence is a Shared Path: Working Together for Justice and the Quality of Life

Presented By:
MIT Annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Speaker:
Roland Martin
Journalist, Political Analyst

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