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Katherine Sacks, PhD
Katherine Sacks is an Associate Director in health economics within the Research Department.
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Part 1: Conversation with Brazil's Minister of Economy Part 2: Beyond the Headlines: The New United States-Brazil Opportunity
October 20 at 6:00 am PDT/9:00 am EDT
This session will open with a conversation wit
h Paulo Guedes, Minister of Economy, Brazil, followed by a panel discussion.
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Casualties of War: Milken Institute Review Second Quarter 2015
The dominance of the U.S. financial system in global economic activity generates huge benefits for
the United States - not least by giving Washington a potent means to strangle terrorism.
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Estimating Long-term Economic Returns of NIH Funding on Output in the Biosciences
Advances in biomedical research have spurred dramatic improvements in both human and economic healt
h.
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Global Opportunity Index 2024: Attracting Foreign Investment
The Milken Institute designed the Global Opportunity Index (GOI) to assist investors seeking opport
unities outside their local markets, as well as countries intending to improve their business environments.
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Exploring the Role of Microbusinesses in Economic Growth and Recovery for US Cities
The Milken Institute’s 2021 Best-Performing Cities (BPC) index compares the recent perfor
mance of metro areas with a focus on job growth, wage growth, and high-tech GDP growth.
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Best-Performing Cities 2022
Cities continue to drive economic growth across the nation. They are the primary locations where bu
sinesses create new jobs and workers earn higher wages, keeping the United States competitive in the global economy.
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US International Development Finance Corporation Reauthorization
Since its inception in 2019, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has been in
strumental in mobilizing capital to promote development and enhance lives globally, offering a stark contrast to the failures of authoritarian policies an
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Equity Market Anxiety and Other Risks to U.S. Economic Growth
If we required a reminder that the United States is more fully integrated into global economic and
financial markets than ever, we received it by way of the latest turmoil in U.S. equity markets.
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America's Obesity Crisis: The Health and Economic Costs of Excess Weight
This study calculates the prevalence and economic effects of diseases related to obesity and overwe
ight in the United States.
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Global Opportunity Index 2018: Emerging G20 Countries and Capital Flow Reversal
Attracting foreign investors into emerging market economies has been made more arduous by rising U.
S. interest rates and heightened geopolitical risks.
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China's Global Investment Strategy
China is on track to surpass the United States as the world’s largest economy by the year 2030.