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MIT: David Autor named head of the Department of Economics
June 26, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:

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David Autor named head of the Department of Economics

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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 world-class labor economist," says Agustin Rayo, the Kenan Sahin Dean of the S . . .

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