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Effective Government and Economic Expansion: How California Is Improving Permitting and Communication to Spur Business
As California recovers from the Great Recession, it faces an uphill battle against the perception t
hat it is an anti-business state.
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It’s Time We Hear One Another—Our Lives Depend on It
Though some of my friends would disagree, I consider myself a homebody and an introvert. Yet, I am d
eeply driven by curiosity—after all, I am a Milken Scholar!,
Let us be bridges to better understand each other. We are more alike than we are different.
, I don’t always agree with the people I speak with. Behind bars in a California prison—an institution housing more men serving life sentences than anywhere else in the state—it was difficult to hear men admit they robbed or worse: taken lives.
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A man, a plan, a canal -- Nicaragua? In the latest Milken Institute Review: How Daniel Ortega and an obscure Chinese tycoon are teaming up to build a rival to the Panama Canal
LOS ANGELES -- Charles Castaldi, a former NPR reporter in Central America, explains how a Nicaraguan
strongman and Chinese billionaire are planning to dig a $50 billion canal that will eclipse its rival to the south.
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The Realities of Aging: How We Can Learn from the Pandemic
COVID-19 offered learnings on where and how to care for older adults. We realized that we are ill-pr
epared for a growing, aging population.,
Now is the time to seize the opportunity to reimagine care for older adults, offering more choices in how they receive care and thrive later in life.
, What Did We Explicitly Learn From the Pandemic?
We need to simplify a somewhat broken, complex system and offer care coordination. Access to care in the home is insufficient., Next Steps: Creating a ‘System’ That Supports Aging
Simplify the complex health system. Each state should develop a Master Plan for Aging.
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