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Recording | The United States in 2021 and Beyond
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How Drug Trafficking Is Fueling the Opioid Crisis
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we are now entering the "third wave"
of the nation's opioid crisis, which involves staggering trends related to fentanyl and the global drug-trafficking trade.
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Undercapitalization: Closing the Gender Growth Gap Across Industries
Despite mounting evidence of the returns on investing in women-led ventures, only 2.2 percent of t
he $85 billion invested in 2017 went to all-women teams, and less than 10 percent of all venture-capital deals go to women, people of color, and LGBTQ foun
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Toward a Healthier Future
Conventional wisdom often suggests that a nation's health is a byproduct of its wealth.
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Can America Afford to Retire?
America's pension shortfall for defined benefit plans alone is estimated to be as high as $7.5 tri
llion across government and corporate pensions. And the outlook for the alternative of defined contribution plans is equally dire.
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The Hedge-Fund Shakeout
With more than $3 trillion in assets—and the freedom to invest opportunistically worldwide—hedge f
unds have become one of the most important market-moving forces of the last few decades.
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Outsmarting Superbugs: What Are the Alternatives?
The challenges in developing new antibiotics have left us vulnerable to growing antimicrobial resi
stance. The lack of investment and slow movement in the development pipeline mean no replacements for ineffective antibiotics as drug resistance spreads.
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The Age of Private Equity and Credit
Private capital markets have become a favored alternative source of company financing. In fact, th
e US now counts more firms owned by private equity investors than are listed on all US stock exchanges, and private credit has seen similar growth.
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Common Sense from Uncommon Investors
Join Chairman Mike Milken as he sits down with some of the founders who have shaped financial mark
ets for decades.
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Blockchain Technology: What Is It Good for, Really?
Blockchain solutions have promised to solve a huge range of problems, from back office to governan
ce to asset tracking to identity. But despite all the hype, surprisingly few of these ideas are operational today at scale.
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