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It Takes All Kinds: A Diverse Mix of Lenders Promotes Broad Access to Small Business Credit
Who lends to small businesses, and how is this changing over time? This paper challenges popular an
swers to this question. First, despite the growing role of non-banks, banks continue to be the most important source of credit for small businesses.
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Financing Urban Resiliency Investing in Complete Communities in the London City Region
By 2050, 68 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities, more than double the percen
tage reported in 1950. Urban growth has risen sharply since 2000, and many cities, London among them, are under extreme pressure to improve their lon
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Financing Urban Resiliency: Innovative Approaches to Deliver Affordable Housing in Chicago
In many US cities, concentrated poverty and chronic disinvestment have resulted in wide social, eco
nomic, and geographic disparities.
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Addressing the Gender Disparity Problem in the Modern Workplace
Among executives running the top 100 companies on the London Stock Exchange, there are more men na
med Dave or Steve than there are women in total. Clearly, parity is still a dream in development in the U.K. and Europe.
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Stability vs. Growth: Unintended Consequences of Post-Crisis Financial Regulations
The 2008 global financial crisis destroyed more than $10 trillion in global wealth. In response, g
lobal regulators put in place a number of reforms to enhance the stability of the global financial system.
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Is Retirement Extinct?
The increase in longevity is disrupting the 20th-century retirement model. Our longer lifespans, t
hough a blessing in many respects, has been a shock to the collective system.
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The Chinese Economy in the Next 30 Years: Political Reform vs. Status Quo?
What's in the future for China? China has transformed from a closed-door society to a prosperous a
nd progressive one in the past 40 years.
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Hail to the Chief: A Conversation With Presidential Insiders
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat's unique career spans 40 years and three presidential administrations.
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Credit Is a Cycle: Global Market Outlook
Never has the global mountain of debt—both corporate and fiscal—been higher than it is now.
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A Conversation with Mark Bradford and Michael Govan
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U.S. Overview: Political and Economic Currents After the Midterm Elections
Each week seems to introduce new uncertainty into America's economic and foreign policy prospects.
As the Federal Reserve continues to lift interest rates, investors' faith in the tech-anchored economy remains largely—almost unshakably—bullish.
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Business and People in the Coming Decade
A.I. and deep learning, which once seemed like science fiction, have become an expected feature of
the modern business innovation curve.
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