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Business and Markets

Economic Crises: A Crucible for Change?

As we face new economic upheaval in 2020, what lessons can we learn from the last global financial crisis?

BY Business and Society Program

Podcast

5 days ago
US Economy

Do's and Don'ts for the Direct Cash Transfer Plan

The new stimulus bill released by the Senate includes checks for Americans earning under $75,000.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

03.20.2020
Around the Institute

WeWork and the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative Release Study About Major Trends Shaping Urban Work and Life

Today, the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative and WeWork released the findings from their Future of Work and Cities Survey, a global research project designed to better understand the major trends shaping the 21st century, including urbanization, automation, and climate change, through the lens of people in cities who are experiencing them.

BY Future of Work Initiative

Blog Post

01.22.2020
Sustainable Growth

For an Inclusive Economy, Begin with an Inclusive Society

The Global Inclusive Growth Summit brought together leaders and thinkers from the private sector, governments, and nonprofits to look for scalable solutions at work in the world of equitable growth, and to celebrate the people and policies that are tackling these issues today.

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

10.24.2019
US Economy

How Do Rich Neighborhoods Exist So Close to Poor Ones?

The research of Harvard economist Raj Chetty shows that the scale of inequality is incredibly small.

BY Joe Pinsker

Blog Post

06.26.2019
Climate Change

How Much Will the Green New Deal Cost?

Doug Holtz-Eakin talks the Green New Deal, economic growth, and the widening wealth gap.

BY Doug Holtz-Eakin

Blog Post

06.11.2019
Business School

Building Shared Prosperity through the Collaborative Economy

Georgetown's Melissa Bradley teaches the ways in which peer-to-peer business models will influence the future of work.

BY Ideas Worth Teaching

Blog Post

06.05.2019
Business School

Teaching Political Economy in a Backlash Against Globalization

University of New South Wales prof Peter Kriesler teaches the links between economics, technology, finance and society.

BY Ideas Worth Teaching

Blog Post

05.01.2019
Employment and Jobs

The State of Our Economy

Improving job quality is an essential ingredient to strengthening our union.

BY Maureen Conway & 1 more

Blog Post

02.06.2019
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