Economy

After more than two decades of research, tax scholar Dorothy A. Brown discovered that America’s tax system is not color-blind. In fact, societal racism is deeply embedded in it. From attending college to getting married to buying a home, Black Americans are financially disadvantaged compared to their white peers.

Over the past two decades, over 20 countries have reduced greenhouse gas emissions while increasing their GDPs.

The Covid-19 pandemic puts the lens on leaders—and what’s truly important in this moment.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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