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FasterCures adds innovation experts as senior fellows
Washington, DC -- FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, is expanding its work by adding two
highly respected innovators— biopharmaceutical industry expert Bernard Munos and open science leader John Wilbanks— as senior fellows.
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Would a big hike in minimum wage destroy jobs? Not so, argues Alan Manning in the latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES -- Economist Alan Manning of the London School of Economics takes on the conventional wi
sdom that President Obama's proposed $9 minimum wage will price unskilled workers out of the market.
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Sustainable Investment Leaders Urge U.S. Community Development Advocates to Develop New Messages and Products to Attract Additional Sources of Capital
Report also finds growing investor interest in community development finance
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FasterCures Names K. Kimbely McCleary as Director of Strategic Initiatives
WASHINGTON, DC— FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, today announced that K. Kimberly McCl
eary joined the team as director of strategic initiatives.
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Milken Institute's Annual Review of U.S. Best-Performing Cities: a Tale of Tech--and Energy Austin Reclaims the Top Spot
LOS ANGELES— The Milken Institute's annual "Best-Performing Cities" index shows that technology and
energy are the biggest forces behind America’s booming cities.
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In an Era of Rapid Globalization, Two Ideas for Reducing Job Insecurity
LOS ANGELES – In an article in the Milken Institute Review, Robert Litan of the Council on Foreign R
elations flatly rejects protectionism, which he sees as a dead end in a world economy irreversibly dependent on trade for prosperity.
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NIH Director Francis Collins to receive FasterCures’ Partner of the Year award
WASHINGTON – FasterCures will bestow its first-ever Partner of the Year award upon Francis Collins f
or his commitment to expanding medical innovation, his demonstrated belief in the benefits of collaboration and his tireless work on behalf of patients t
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Partnering for Cures to Bring Together Hundreds of Medical Research Leaders Nov. 13-15 in New York
WASHINGTON –Leaders across medical research – from patients to policymakers, from academia to advoca
tes, from philanthropists to federal regulators and from investors to industry – will gather at the Grant Hyatt New York, Nov.
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Americans’ Obesity Weighs Down U.S. Economy by $1.4 Trillion
WASHINGTON—Obesity and excess weight is an expanding health problem for more than 60 percent of Amer
icans, and a new study from the Milken Institute finds that it's a tremendous drain on the U.S. economy as well.
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