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Modernizing Financial Regulation to Facilitate Shared Economic Prosperity
The US financial system provides tremendous economic opportunities to businesses and consumers thr
ough the provision of capital. Yet many of the regulations that underpin this system do not match the technological realities of the 21st century.
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Diabetes and Obesity: An Urgent Global Health Crisis
Despite many treatments and technological advances, the health of the US and global populations co
ntinues to decline. Chronic disease continues to increase and have a detrimental effect on personal health and health-care costs.
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Philanthropy and Democracy in the 21st-Century
With global populism on the rise, the debate has sharpened over the role of philanthropy in 21st-c
entury democracy.
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AI and Machine Learning in Cancer Medicine
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Bank on It: Companies That Are Changing the Rules, and the World
The sharing economy and innovative tech platforms have spawned some of the most exciting unicorns
in the world, and they're not in Silicon Valley.
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MI Forum: Modern-Day Magellan: JPL Director Charles Elachi
Charles Elachi, director of the Jet Propulsion Lab
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Hungry and Obese: Food and America's Well-Being
Michiel Bakker, Laurie David, Robert Egger, Nona Evans, Kelly Chapman Meyer, Lawrence Soler and Ja
ne Wells (moderator)
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Turbocharging Opportunity Zones
Portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 were designed to spur investment — and thus prosperity
— in distressed communities by providing incentives to unlock nearly $6 trillion in unrealized capital gains held by investors.
The mechanism
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FinTech in Focus—September 30, 2019
In this issue:
The Future of Banking »
FinTech Headlines »
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A Canadian Pension Investment Executive’s Perspective
Twenty-six trillion dollars—that’s what the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has estimated that Asian co
untries will need to have cumulatively invested in infrastructure between 2017 and 2030 to maintain their respective rates of economic growth.
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Opportunity Zone workshop series opens in Mississippi
Regional programs will help local officials attract investment to spur economic development