MIT Sloan Professors Roberto Rigobon and Alberto Cavallo are leading a revolution in online data. Their goal is to measure every aspect of life accurately…starting with the real rate of inflation in Argentina. They co-founded the Billion Prices Project, which uses online data collected from around the world to conduct economic research. We spoke with Alberto and Roberto about the data insights at the core of the Project, and how they brought their work to market.

Andrew Lo’s insights into how markets work lead him to tackle global issues. The MIT Sloan finance professor is using market levers to fix the problems of the world. Andrew discusses his new adaptive market theory, and how he’s using financial engineering to help cure cancer.