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![The Healing Economy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/200e06ff-86e9-4fc7-8184-1af372305df5/Screenshot2023-09-06at11.12.18AM.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=173%2C0%2C688%2C688&w=290)
The quest for profits, commitments to social impact, and consumer preference are driving unprecedented change in healthcare as investors pour in money, start-ups and big tech upend traditional delivery models, and patients turn to apps to access care in new ways. We are thinking differently about what supports health, redirecting resources into social determinants like edu...
![A Path Forward on Economic Policy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullf8f8d162-acdf-4f25-aa06-bd2e8d4bfd9e/48127329778_b79f436ab8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=666%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
We know the success of our economy depends in large part on a vibrant, market-based economic system. But markets, by their nature, don’t deal effectively with many issues. We must also have a constructive and effective government, with a willingness to engage in principled compromise and ground decisions in facts and analysis.The fundamental challenge facing our economy is...
![FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on Regulating 20% of US Economy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/dcbb9cd5-963f-4e70-8d8c-5ec4c6f6fc30/52995402293_e110382232_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=912%2C0%2C3648%2C3648&w=290)
When he was sworn in as 25th commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration in February 2022, Robert Califf knew the assignment would be intense because he had held the post before. With its oversight of more than $2.7 trillion in medical products, food, and tobacco—one-fifth of the nation’s economy—the FDA is always under pressure. Today, artificial intelligence, bre...
![From Opioids to Health and the US Economy: A Conversation with the US Surgeon General](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/bef7826a-e3db-4263-a9df-1f2d1b628fae/42235274864_7610ca89a6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=467%2C0%2C2066%2C2066&w=290)
As the nation’s top doctor, the US surgeon general is uniquely positioned to use his bully pulpit to drive Americans toward healthy decision-making. Jerome Adams is the 20th person to serve in that capacity, where he promotes wellness strategies, warns the public against emerging health hazards, and is a leader of the 6,500-person Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,...
Former Ebola czar on how to make the tough choices during the Coronavirus pandemic.
![Lessons on Innovation, Economic Prosperity, and Cultivating Joy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3d486aff-c3c9-43ba-a1ae-68b8fc0a9cdd/AdobeStock_175466970.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=140%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=290)
![Global Health in the Age of Sustainable Development: An Interview with Economist Jeffrey Sachs](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null69b36412-ef94-4d3c-b7cd-a04c71a7d586/35550835395_a825fa4772_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=265%2C0%2C1070%2C1070&w=290)
Jeffrey Sachs, named by The Economist as one of the world’s “three most influential living economists” is the author of End of Poverty, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, and The Age of Sustainable Development. Turning his bold and optimistic eye toward global health, he presents a compelling framework that integrates health with the environment, the economy, t...
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Tim O’Reilly says we should be harnessing technology, rather than fearing it.
![Closing the Climate Gap for Girls and Women](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7c58f9e1-944f-43e1-91a6-70ea591b4afe/53811270499_6a024c72b2_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=464%2C0%2C3374%2C3372&w=290)
Climate change is a threat multiplier with a disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations. Girls and women, who are denied equitable access to education and economic opportunity in many parts of the world, are most likely to experience the far-reaching effects of a warming planet. Advocates are trying to level the playing field with projects designed to empower the fe...
![Return on Investment: When Business and Public Health Work Together](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ec79140f-07fd-40b4-93ec-397cdeb4669c/240622_roi_011.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=298%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
The economic impact of wide-scale disease outbreaks, like COVID-19, emphasize the mutual interests of public health and business to create healthy and vibrant communities. The right responses to current and future health threats require effective partnerships. Deep investments in public health and a symbiotic relationship with the private sector make possible both a health...
![What Animal Health Can Teach Us](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6988b843-bb9a-4c5f-9bb1-730a4d574952/53808903483_011fedee0e_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1903%2C0%2C3704%2C3702&w=290)
Human beings sometimes forget they are animals themselves. The biological and emotional patterns of other mammals—seen in cancer among golden retrievers, high blood pressure in pregnant giraffes, the social behavior of insects, and connections among elephants that safeguard against loneliness—have much to teach us about our own health. The emerging field of zoobiquity, whi...
![A 'Stubborn Optimist' in the Face of Climate Change](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/987aa4f9-ac3e-4898-bd3d-30e5b79ba9f1/29151323668_b3917b5549_o3.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=714%2C0%2C1837%2C1837&w=290)
As secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres led the global adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. But she was not always so hopeful, and recalls a turning point as she consciously shifted her attitude from despair to stubborn optimism. Jeff Goodell, author of The Water Will Come sits down with Figueres to reve...
![PhRMA Presents: Realizing the Promise of Health for All](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1d476819-bcff-4471-9706-c689f4de2a50/220623_promisehealth_021.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=669%2C0%2C2661%2C2661&w=290)
America’s robust biomedical ecosystem and the therapeutic advances it has introduced are making remarkable progress against cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other serious illnesses. But much more needs to be done to ensure that all communities can access the treatments and care they need. Prohibitive costs, ingrained biases, healthcare deserts, and distrust in the medica...
![The Surgeon General Meets the Central Banker](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null579b21ef-d2ca-424a-99aa-7b589d46c4f8/48120983438_f1736fcc1d_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=666%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
Jerome Adams, the US surgeon general and the nation's doctor, joins Patrick Harker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, in conversation. The Federal Reserve researches and works to help strengthen local economies in communities across the country. Through its Economic Growth and Mobility Project, the Philadelphia Fed focuses on turning research into acti...
![US Food Policy, Past and Present: Where Does the Future Lie?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/618767ce-d229-4737-9dd1-63b1f694c245/14497093716_ccf339775e_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=824%2C0%2C3280%2C3280&w=290)
Two US Department of Agriculture Secretaries, one past, one present, come together to talk about American food policies. Agricultural supports and other decisions made on US soil, and the trade agreements we negotiate around the world, have powerful effects on the global food supply; land conservation; the use of water, nitrogen, and pesticides; and animal and plant diseas...
![Ready Next Time? Preparing for Another Pandemic](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e96b06c3-4849-477a-88c6-628f03ab2156/aih-062223-pandemic-listing.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C533%2C533&w=290)
Scientists and policymakers all agree that another pandemic is inevitable—and that we are still not prepared. Whether it is a COVID mutation, a bird flu, or something entirely unforeseen, the extent of the dangers we will face depends on public health, clinical capacity, the lethality of a new virus, and the ease of its transmission. Early warning systems and an equitable...
![Eileen Fisher Sows the Seeds of a Better Business Model](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/9ed4ee0c-ea2a-4b77-b96e-401b11c64d3c/42958112672_fc05e79fb1_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=300%2C0%2C1067%2C1066&w=290)
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Jeffrey Sachs is distressed about the political and social atmosphere in the United States.
![Deep Dive: Breaking the Cycle: Health, Poverty, and the Social Determinants of Health](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullebad7d80-6a41-472f-a087-d13a449076a4/35485994506_e5fd6c5d26_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=290%2C0%2C1019%2C1019&w=290)
The pathway to health sometimes travels through a physician’s office, but economic stability, the physical environment, access to nutritional foods, adequate schools, and social support may be even more important way stations. These and other social determinants of health need to be considered in an integrated fashion, engaging collaborators across disciplines who have not...
![Gender, Health, and Entrepreneurship in the Global South](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/9a6f4713-7df1-43ca-82df-3f5135246e8c/53012401547_9ed07caea6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=940%2C0%2C3733%2C3733&w=290)
How can we unlock the power of entrepreneurship to widen access to health care, close gender disparity, and increase prosperity in the global South? Hear from expert voices and innovators on tools to address social, economic, and environmental challenges in developing economies.