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MIc'd Up | The Sustainability Revolution, With Al Gore
Opening Remarks
Eric Garcetti, Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Moderator
Jim Yong Kim, President, Worl
d Bank Group
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Power Plant? Exploring the Cannabis Industry
Medical and recreational cannabis sales in the United States and Canada continue to soar. American
retail sales of legal cannabis products totaled $7.9 billion in 2017, and estimates predict the industry may grow to $24.1 billion by 2025.
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Strategic Investing in the Middle East and North Africa
As economic growth and political change continue in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
, many of those countries have been compelled to accelerate advancements that diversify away from hydrocarbons, boost the role of the private sector, and c
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Global Overview: Navigating a World in Transition
A global transformation is underway as changing political tides, emerging demographic trends, and
relentless leaps in technology disrupt traditional social and market foundations, heralding an era of rapid change and challenge.
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Silver Strategies: Capitalizing on the Longevity Economy
With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day in the United States, investors and business leaders
are recognizing the extraordinary potential of the longevity economy.
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Can the Open World Economy Be Saved?
Free trade and international investment have been engines of global growth and prosperity since th
e end of World War II. How long they will continue to be, however, is an open question.
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The Transformation of Mexico
Mexico and the United States have long been key trading partners, a relationship cemented by the N
orth American Free Trade Agreement.
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Peak Oil and Green Energy: Both Fossils?
With oil prices in the tank, the consumer dollar goes further. Indeed, the implications of oil's s
lide extend to the entire world economy, and many of these impacts favor the United States.
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Agritech, Vertical Farming and Food Security
As our population continues to grow rapidly, we will need to produce 70 percent more food than we
do today. However, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations projects that farmland can only be increased by another two percent.
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Investing in American Infrastructure: The Case for Private Capital
Over the next 10 years, experts predict that United States infrastructure will face a funding gap
of nearly $3 trillion.
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Advancing Critical Health Issues for Veterans
The national consensus is that veterans of the U.S. military, approximately 21 million men and wom
en, deserve first-rate health care.
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Demystifying Millennials
Meet the millennials--though you probably won't do that at the mall. They tend to like their comme
rce digital, along with much of their social lives.
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