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Unfunded state and local government pension liabilities top $3 trillion, estimates Josh Rauh of Northwestern University in latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES —Josh Rauh of Northwestern University outlines the consequences of the state and local p
ension mess in the latest Milken Institute Review.
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Michael Milken proposes bold policy changes in energy, housing, entitlements, education, health and immigration to rebuild America in latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Michael Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute, argues that the "American Century" —
the period of growth, ever-improving education, scientific leadership and increasing quality of life the nation generally enjoyed for m
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Improving the world's living standards: New book from Milken Institute, Council on Foreign Relations proposes middle-class-oriented reforms to increase global stability
A new direction in economic policy that could jump-start emerging-market economies and raise their s
tandards of living is proposed in a new book from the Milken Institute and Council on Foreign Relations that has a simple but powerful prescription: grow
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Bradley D. Belt appointed Senior Managing Director of the Milken Institute; Will expand Institute's presence in Washington, D.C.
LOS ANGELES —Bradley D.
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Chance of Greek debt default high, say Milken Institute researchers
LOS ANGELES — In a research paper released today, "Greece's Unpleasant Arithmetic: Containing the Th
reat to the Global Ec
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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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MAD Indicator shows increasing reliance on equity capital financing among Chinese companies
NEW YORK/SHANGHAI, February 1, 2007 - Xinhua Finance and Milken Institute today released updated val
ues for the Market Adjusted Debt (MAD) Indicator for the second and third quarters of 2006, both of which dropped from the first quarter 2006 and were lo
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It's time to wake up from oil price shock and create an effective U.S. energy policy, warns Severin Borenstein in Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Washington has largely ignored energy issues in recent decades, focusing only when con
fronted with huge spikes in oil prices.
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New drugs are worth the price; they extend lives and reduce other health-care costs, says economist in latest Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — Are modern drugs worth the price?
Economist Frank R. Lichtenberg answers his own ques
tion with a resounding "yes" in a detailed analysis of "The Value of New Drugs" in the latest issue of The Milken Institute Review.
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Saving the environment can be good for capitalists, too, says author in latest issue of Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — There are no free lunches in preserving the environment, but with a little help from m
arkets there certainly can be some cheap ones.
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Hong Kong, U.K., U.S. again top Milken Institute Capital Access Index, the Annual Ranking of Global Capital Market Openness
LOS ANGELES — Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States remain the top-ranked countries on
the Milken Institute′s annual Capital Access Index, an annual ranking of the openness and efficiency of capital markets worldwide.
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No Child Left Behind discourages investment in neediest students, experts report in Milken Institute Review
LOS ANGELES — The Bush Administration′s No Child Left Behind law was designed to force public school
s to meet higher standards, or suffer the loss of federal aid.
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