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A National Agenda for Financial Inclusion

We are told that the fundamentals of the US economy are strong. So why are so many individuals and communities left behind?

BY The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy & 1 more

Video

02.22.2021
US Economy

Securing Our Economic Future

Two pressing economic challenges facing the next administration are bui ...

BY Aspen Economic Strategy Group

Video

12.10.2020
US Economy

Impact Funding: Leveraging Private Capital to Address Complex Societal Issues

Bruce Schlein, Director of Impact Investing and Resource Efficiency Finance at Citi was joined by Antwanye Ford, President and CEO, Enlightened, Inc, to discuss how business leaders and fund managers can leverage their real and social capital to effect change on complex society-wide issues where public policy responses are not sufficient.

BY Socrates Program

Video

11.12.2020
US Economy

Preventing a "Shecession": The Path to Economic Resiliency for Women

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement and Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, was joined by Alejandra Castillo, CEO of the YWCA.

BY Socrates Program

Video

11.06.2020
US Economy

We Must Prepare Latino Workers for the Digital Economy

Latinos are the future of America and inextricably tied to the economic recovery from the pandemic.

BY Domenika Lynch & 3 more

Blog Post

10.15.2020
US Economy

Why the US Economy is Headed for a “Slog”

Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says the recovery includes three stages: collapse, bounce-back, and slog. We’ve experienced collapse and bounce-back already. “Now we’re now headed for a slog,” he says.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

09.09.2020
US Economy

Creating a Higher Form of Capitalism: How Business Can be the Catalyst for the Revitalization of Urban Communities

Mark Wilson of Chime Solutions was joined by Beverly Norman-Cooper, Chief Strategist at Reimagining Supply Chain Diversity. Both leaders are partnering to bring supplier diversity and the Chime model to Baltimore City, MD.

BY Socrates Program

Video

08.27.2020
US Economy

Economists on Equitable COVID Recovery

Aspen Economic Strategy Group Director Melissa Kearney, Howard University Economics Professor William Spriggs, and UnidosUS Chief Operating Officer Sonia M. Pérez

BY Aspen Community Programs

Video

08.05.2020
US Economy

Hurst Lecture Series: Emerging from the COVID-19 Crisis as a More Resilient Society

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic crisis have presented the nation with a once-in-a-generation challe ...

BY Aspen Community Programs

Video

08.05.2020
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