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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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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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Steven Ciobo joins Milken Institute as Asia Fellow
Former Australian Trade Minister to advance Asia Center’s programs across the region
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Older and Out of Work? Here's What to Do.
British film star Michael Caine has a philosophy that has kept him, at age 81, a busy man in youth-o
bsessed Hollywood. In his autobiography “What’s It All About?” Mr.
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Hollywood is Finally Changing Its Script on Aging
When we think of industries projecting a positive image of older adults, it’s hard to imagine that e
ntertainment would top the list. Isn’t this a business that defines youth culture and reinforces ageist stereotypes?
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Just Do It: Cut Corporate Taxes and Create Middle-Class Jobs
In his 2016 Budget Proposal, President Obama called for a new "middle-class economics." The presiden
t is right to seek ways to assist the middle class.
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