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What We're Reading 05/08: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

How can moving low-income families to better neighborhoods help them? Are we “choosing” inequality through our policy decisions? Would millennials change Congress for the better? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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05.08.2015
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What We're Reading 05/01: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

Etsy is now a publicly traded company. Will the corporation retain its key values -- supporting artisans -- or will it shift focus to shareholders' short-t ...

BY Aaron Myers

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05.01.2015
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What We're Reading 04/24: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

What happened to nearly two million “missing” black men? Could school principals be the key to better education? What should the US do to address the atrocities in Syria? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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04.24.2015
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What We're Reading 04/17: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

Do we still need human pilots? Why should the US update its strategy on China? What’s threatening the global fight against HIV? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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04.17.2015
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What We're Reading 04/10: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

Why are police officers more likely than the general population to commit intimate partner violence? What economic role does art play in Miami's social innovation? What is China doing to increase its land capacity? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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04.10.2015
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2015 Aspen Summer Words Festival

The upcoming Aspen Summer Words Festival, from June 21-26, features an extraordinary lineup of visiting authors. Add these books by Aspen Summer Words' featured Writers to your summer reading list.

BY Caroline Tory, Guest Blogger

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04.08.2015
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What We're Reading 04/03: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

With blue-collar jobs on the rise, why are women left behind in this industry? Why should Americans pledge a year of public service? Who are the two former MIT students behind the Iran nuclear talks? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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04.03.2015
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What We're Reading 03/27: A Weekly List of Our Program Directors' Must-See Media

In today's technology-centric world, who gets left behind? How can ordinary people do extraordinary things? Why should China be concerned about ISIS? Programs at the Aspen Institute have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links to answer these questions, and more.

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03.27.2015
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Michael Lewis Riffs on Wall Street, “Flash Boys,” and his First meeting with President Obama

"[The Big Short's release] was the first taste I had of being taken really seriously by the political/regulatory process, and the first inkling I got of how clueless it was. And it was really disturbing."

BY Barbara Dills, Guest Blogger

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03.25.2015
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