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In the latest Milken Institute Review: George Mason University Economist Ken Button Takes a Hard Look at America’s Rapidly Consolidating Airline Industry—and Offers a Bold Prescription for Saving Competition
LOS ANGELES—Ken Button points out that the giant legacy carriers that stumbled through the first dec
ades of deregulation are finally covering their operating costs and are better positioned to confront future economic storms.
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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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Public Health Leaders Address Global Challenges at Milken Institute Summit
LOS ANGELES—The sudden appearance of the Zika virus—and the need for effective action to halt its sp
read—underlines the fact that public health issues often represent the most important threats to the welfare of the world.
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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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