The Aspen Institute recently hosted former World Bank President Robert Zoellick and the Peterson Institute for International Economics' Steven Weisman in discussion on
Apr 03 2013
By Aaron Myers
Fans of TV's Mad Men know the fictional advertising firm of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is modeled on the realities of 1960s Madison Avenue. Workplace drinking, sex, and gender roles will surely return as key plot elements when the sixth season of Mad Men premieres this weekend. But just how real is the retro television show?
Apr 02 2013
In December 2010, the self-immolation of a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia incited demonstrations and riots throughout Tunisia and catalyzed a wave of revolutions across the Arab world.
Apr 01 2013
This month, the Aspen Institute brings leading thinkers together to talk about youth and their access to play and sport. Then we turn the tables and ask youth to offer innovative solutions to the problems our society faces—from education and governing to the environment and access to healthy food. Here's a look ahead to these events, and others, that the Institute is featuring in April.
Mar 29 2013
By Jeff Harris
With Jurrasic Park getting ready for its April 5 re-release in 3-D, both scientists and observers are atwitter with what it would be like to bring animals back from extinction.
Mar 28 2013
In looking ahead to the upcoming month, we're excited to host two discussions in Washington, DC, on April 3.
Mar 27 2013
By Karen Sommer Shalett
While the Supreme Court deliberates whether or not it will rule on Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage, we take a moment to recall the roots of the case. In 2010, opposing chief counsels for Bush v.
Mar 26 2013
By Jeff Harris
Today, the Aspen Institute's Program on Manufacturing & Society in the 21st Century released a new econometric forecast, "What Would the US Economy Look Like in 2025 With a Manufacturing Resurgence?"
Mar 25 2013
By Karen Sommer Shalett
As part of the Aspen Institute’s Washington Ideas Roundtable Series, noted classical violinist Aaron Dworkin recently spoke with the Institute’s Arts Program Director Damian Woetzel, and 60 other leaders in the f
Mar 22 2013
By Maya Goodwin
In the State of the Union address, President Obama declared, “in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full time should have to live in poverty.” Despite this seemingly common sense idea, in 2011, 3.8 million American workers earned a wage equivalent or less than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. For a full-time year-round worker, this wage falls approximately $8,0
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