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Microfinance oversold, bankers underappreciated, and K-pop overlooked -- join the discussion with the latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES -- Jonathan Morduch, director of New York University's Financial Access Initiative, chal
lenges the conventional wisdom of what microfinance can do for developing countries.
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Hillary Is In -- And Her Age Is No Disqualifier
Hillary is in, and questions are already surfacing about her age. While I'd rather talk policy than
politics, let me take issue with that age question now.
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If Lawmakers Think Fixing Social Security Is Hard, Wait Until They Try Tax Reform, Says Author in Milken Institute Review
As President Bush begins his push to revamp America′s tax structure, a former Treasury official who
was a key player in the 1986 overhaul offers a word of warning: if policymakers think fixing Social Security is hard, wait until they try reforming the t
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Tobacco settlement robs Peter to pay Paul, says economist in latest Milken Institute Review
When the major tobacco companies agreed in 1998 to settle a series of lawsuits filed by eight state
attorneys general, the agreement was hailed as an historic event that would add hundreds of billions of dollars to state coffers and give millions of smo
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Texas metros, led by No. 1 Austin, fill top ranks of 2009 Milken Institute Best Performing Cities Index; oil and gas sector, and avoidance of subprime mortgages, fuel their gains
LOS ANGELES —Texas metros, led by number one Austin, claim four of the top five spots in the 2009 Mi
lken Institute /Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best-Performing Cities Index — and nine of the top 16.
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Economists Call for Inflation as an Antidote to the Blah Economy -- Really! Read it in the Latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES—- Menzie Chinn (University of Wisconsin) and Jeffry Frieden (Harvard) offer a crazy idea
about how to deal with the global debt overhang— crazy, that is, like a fox.
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Where the World Connects: Milken Institute Global Conference marries the power of convening with the power of ideas
LOS ANGELES – With the world full of complex challenges and no shortage of conferences that ponder t
hem, the Milken Institute Global Conference is unique in its determination to drive change.
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The Latest from the Center for the Future of Aging – April 2021
In the April Newsletter
Featured News
Recent Events
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FinTech in Focus—October 14, 2019
In this issue:
Industry Headlines »
Global Developments »
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FinTech in Focus — October 4, 2022
In This Newsletter
EO Reports
Web3 IRL
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Milken Institute Events Newsletter - June 30, 2021
In this Issue
A Message from the Executive Director
Featured Event
Upcoming Events,
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Feeding Change: Highlights from 2020
As we turn the corner into 2021, the Milken Institute is taking the unprecedented step of bringing t
ogether experts across its numerous Centers to work together on Feeding Change in recognition that true collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and co
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