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Small Business Policy and Innovation Initiative
Our Mission
Small businesses, employing half of all private-sector workers and contributing nearly
half of the US economic output, face challenges in formation and sustainability, posing risks to economic growth, job creation, and innovation o, How We Implement Our Mission
Conducting research and analysis to identify the key challenges small businesses face with a focus on driving change to benefit both traditional small businesses and start-ups
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Dan Carol
Dan Carol is a senior director in the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets and leads I
nstitute programming on climate-resilient infrastructure and public finance.
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Rethinking Appraisals in a Modernized Housing Finance System
Ed DeMarco considers the recent evolution of the home appraisal industry and its role in a future h
ousing finance system that relies on private capital. He explores the issues facing the industry, including content, standards, and regulation.
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Currency Manipulation Provisions Do Not Belong in Trade Agreements
Demands for provisions to stop currency manipulation by foreign governments have become central to
the congressional debate over proposed trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, under
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Proxy Advisory Firms, Governance, Market Failure, and Regulation
Proxy advisory firms have arisen due to market failures underlying voting and the broader system of
corporate governance. However, proxy advisory firms, which are not subject to mandatory regulation, reflect market failures of their own.
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Payday Lending: Does Regulation Depend on Which Party Holds Power?
When a borrower receives a so-called “payday loan,” he or she writes a check that is postdated to t
he next payday or signs over permission for the lender to make an electronic withdrawal of the amount borrowed, plus fees, on that day.
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Comments_on_the_Department_of_the_Treasury_TREAS_Notice.pdf
The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) provided written comments to the Department
of the Treasury regarding expanding access to credit through online marketplace lending.
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FinTech in Focus — May 28, 2024
In This Newsletter
The Rising AI Economy: A New Era in Tech
Reshaping Global Digital Innovation Sys
tems
The Future of Money
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Milken Institute Statement on the US House Passage of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act
“The bipartisan passage of H.R.
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Milken Institute Inclusive Capitalism Initiative Celebrates Latest Class of HBCU Fellowship Program, Building on Its Commitment to Develop Pathways of Opportunity for Young Leaders
May 8, 2024 (Los Angeles, CA) —The Milken Institute today celebrated the latest class of its Histori
cally Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fellowship program at its
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10,000 Communities Initiative Expands Community Infrastructure Center with New Partnerships
The Milken Institute, a global think tank focused on financial, physical, mental, and environmental
health, today announced new implementation partnerships designed to expand technical assistance to help thousands of underserved urban and rural communit
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FinTech in Focus - June 19, 2019
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