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Best Cities for Successful Aging 2017
“Best Cities for Successful Aging“ evaluates 381 U.S.
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A State of Emergency: Integrative Approaches to Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic
As prescription and heroin overdose deaths continue to rise, so has the sense of urgency to addres
s this health crisis that touches the lives of so many Americans.
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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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Global Cities Roundtable: Economic Dynamics from China to California
What factors determine the divergence in economic performance of metropolitan areas around a natio
n? Why do some areas thrive, while others lag behind? How does global integration and cooperation impact regional performance?
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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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Boundless Potential: How Unlocking Big Data Can Change Health
Big data promises to revolutionize fields as diverse as national security, investing, weather and
climate, organizational effectiveness, and, of course, public health and medical research.
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Raising an Active Generation
In the United States, a mere 21.6 percent of children and adolescents (ages 6 to 19) get the recom
mended amount of physical activity each day.
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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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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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