Content tagged with “economy”
The Untapped Engine: How Can Women Drive the Economy?Featuring: Barbara KrumsiekPresident and CEO, Calvert Investments, Inc.Celinda Lake President, Lake Research PartnersRacquel Russell Special...
Tags: women, economy, Ascend, Family economic security, mobility
The year 2011 saw some intense domestic political tension combined with regional political instability that has seriously damaged Lebanon's economic prospects for 2012. Governmental stalemates and...
Tags: economy, tourism
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with PBS Newshour's Jim Lehrer about innovation and the global economy.
Tags: Jobs, innovation, economy
The Emergence of an Impact Economy In recent years, we have seen a surge of so-called social entrepreneurship as innovators attempt to build business models designed to generate profits and...
Tags: Philanthropy, Corporate Responsibility, Social Enterprise, economy, Impact Investing, Capitalism, Social entrepreneurship, Impact Economy, capital markets
American workers are struggling in a labor market whose fundamentals are changing. Jobs are hard to find and they don’t pay like they used to. Good jobs require more education than in the past....
Tags: Jobs, economy, Economic Opportunity Program
The Role of Government in the EconomyCongressional staffers, together with members of the public, participated in the 2011 Senate Socrates seminar on October 28-30 at the Aspen Institute's...
Tags: Government, economy, regulation
A slow tourist season, and a tumultuous political environment, have dealt a blow to the rapid economic growth that Lebanon has been witnessing since 2010. The Lebanese trade deficit has widened by 4...
Tags: Finance, Lebanon, economy, tourism, growth
Note: This blog originally appeared in the Huffington Post on 9/07/11. Its authors are Karen Elzey, director of Skills for America's Future, and Maureen Conway, director of the Workforce...
Tags: Jobs, economy, Skills for America's Future, Karen Elzey, Workforce Strategies Initiative, Maureen Conway, Workforce
Peter Wallison: “Improving the U.S. Housing Market” 'Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute Peter Wallison served as General Counsel to the U.S....
Tags: economy, american enterprise institute, peter wallison