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David Autor named head of the Department of Economics

Jun 26, 2026

David Autor named head of the Department of Economics

David Autor, the Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor in the MIT Department of Economics, has been named head of the Department of Economics, effective July 1."David is a wor…

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