The Science Café is honoured to host Professor Peter Diamond for a chat on his life journey, search theory, Social Security and contemporary macroeconomic issues. We look forward to seeing you!

Professor Peter Diamond is a long-time resident of Lexington. He is an Institute Professor Emeritus and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at MIT. He was a co-recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on theories involving frictions in search markets. He is also an expert in the U.S. Social Security system and has advised government agencies on the program.

Professor Diamond received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Yale and Ph.D. in economics from MIT. He was an assistant professor of economics at U.C. Berkeley before returning to MIT as an associate professor. He retired from MIT in 2011, having taught there for more than 40 years. Aside from the development of economic search models that incorporate “real-world frictions”, he has taught and worked on public economics throughout his career, including analyses of taxes, government spending, and the public debt. Professor Diamond is also well known for his work and analyses of social security systems in the U.S. and around the world. Through his expertise, he served as an advisor to federal government’s Advisory Council on Social Security in the 1990s. He has more than 150 academic papers and has written 12 books and many reports and briefs.

This is a hybrid program - you can attend in person or watch via Zoom. If you are attending via Zoom, please register to receive the Zoom link. In-person attendance is on a first-come basis.

In collaboration with Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Rockport Public Library, and Tewksbury Public Library.

This program is sponsored by the Cary Library Foundation.