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How does the dialogue on race continue?
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What are the ways in which people are viewing voting through the lens of race?
![Game On! The Race for Tomorrow's Talent Today](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null714b25e8-6fdf-4eff-8857-194b07e9dfec/28939722273_3b98795d75_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
Attracting, developing, and retaining talent has been a hallmark of American economic strength for decades. However, in the first decades of the 21st century, the combined impacts of recession, slow recovery, and globalization on some sectors alongside rapid advances in technology in others is challenging our ability to keep our workforce current with the demands of the la...
![Race, Reckoning, and Leadership in Tough Times](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc69dd155-6882-4928-8496-cf1ffeddf00f/48126911543_2e10fb52d7_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=670%2C0%2C2660%2C2660&w=290)
In April of 2018, two black men walked into a Starbucks in Philadelphia for a business meeting. Ten minutes later, while waiting for their colleague to arrive, a manager called the police and they were arrested. Rosalind Brewer, one of the most accomplished African American women in business had just become COO of Starbucks. In navigating how the company should respond to...
![Have Facebook, Google, and Amazon Grown Too Powerful?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3c871b23-7bd3-4e74-8def-b6de096129a4/35570460145_def56a1ad9_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
Technology used to be a lot more accessible, open, and ethical. It was driven by optimistic tinkerers rather than big companies. That changed. The entire industry and ecosystem is now ruled by a handful of companies rather than upstarts. American tech giants are now among the most powerful institutions in the world, rivaling governments in their power over media, culture,...
![When Faced with Economic Ruin, Financial Leaders Do Prioritize Climate Change. Here’s How.](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullad597412-586f-40ad-ae9e-52b774942bfa/27411048723_55db940a57_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=267%2C0%2C1065%2C1065&w=290)
In times of financial crisis, we turn to national treasuries and central banks for solutions. The true power of these institutions, however, lies in their ability to prevent crises, not only economic, but also social and environmental. This panel will explore how financial leaders are leveraging the power of the national purse to address climate change and food security, l...
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In this Takeover episode, two comedians and a writer discuss politics, race, and a changing America.
![The Global Economy: A Delicate Moment](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null3fd15a10-1bc1-4fa2-a5db-cc74499405b7/48145926216_ea8e59202b_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1067%2C1067&w=290)
In 2018, economic activity was accelerating in almost all regions of the world. One year later, much has changed. The escalation of US-China trade tensions, credit tightening in China, and macroeconomic stress in key G20 economies have all contributed to a weakened global expansion. As the US trade war with China deepens, what are the biggest risks at this delicate moment?...
![Finding Your Path](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ba34a5fb-b3f1-4fe9-9a21-cdb3e1ec69a3/53011110946_2e3cda01ea_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1020%2C0%2C3340%2C3340&w=290)
Creating a meaningful life with work that’s fulfilling is not for the faint-hearted in a post-pandemic world. How can we navigate these choppy waters with grace, humor, and wisdom? (Book signing to follow.)
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Inflation is dominating the financial news headlines, and millions of Americans are really hurting from high prices for gas and food. The unemployment rate is still low, but some companies are announcing layoffs and hiring freezes, and it’s hard to see the light at the end of the economic tunnel. There are more questions than answers: What caused the highest inflation rate...
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Internet TV is growing globally in ways that traditional TV just isn’t.
![The Evolution of the CEO](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/31578afd-58ef-499b-853a-c1bb4aa73ae2/AIF.6.29.21.1114.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=904%2C0%2C3600%2C3600&w=290)
Amidst the pandemic, the George Floyd killing, and the 2020 election, the calls for business to respond to societal challenges have increased exponentially. Chip Bergh has spent much of his decade-long tenure as Levi Strauss & Co. CEO speaking out on topics including gun-violence prevention, voting rights, climate change, and racial justice. Join Bergh and Ellen McGirt as...
![The Dollar Divide: Wealth Gaps and the American Dream](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/95469eea-fe1e-486d-85f0-4a0be9fc1975/AdobeStock_89649171.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=430%2C0%2C1616%2C1616&w=290)
Capitalism has been a success, though certainly not for everyone. Disparities according to gender, race, and even birthplace have disadvantaged large groups of Americans, and increasing economic and political power among the wealthy leaves the working class — and increasingly the middle class — unable to get ahead. Can we create an inclusive capitalism?
![Why Technology, not Goods, Is the Driver of Globalization](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1765c162-0fe7-4f02-bdce-98ae80016434/42328976824_6a79ea3289_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=500%2C0%2C2000%2C2000&w=290)
Historically, globalization has been characterized by cross-border flows of resources and products. Financial exchanges follow, allowing for direct investment at home and abroad. In the digital economy, we see massive flows of information and data, which are perhaps even more critical to economic growth, crossing borders everywhere. In an era of anti-globalism, can the pac...
![Is There a Cure for Slow Growth?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null2480b0d4-84b3-47f1-ac30-cf499448b55c/35426506251_149c00db10_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=311%2C0%2C977%2C977&w=290)
Since 2009, the US unemployment rate has fallen from 10 percent to 4¼ percent, underpinned by steady job gains. Yet despite this employment strength, growth in output and wages has been disappointing. Many other countries have seen even worse economic performance. Are there policy changes that could help kick-start higher growth? John Fernald, whom The Wall Street Journal...
![The Inequality Puzzle: Shrinking the Gap by 2020](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/32567b0f-fad7-47d9-9544-b169401f2c4f/42121151455_67b005e852_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
The unemployment rate is at its lowest in decades and the economy is booming, yet millions of working families are struggling to gain a foothold in the American Dream. The Aspen Institute's Ascend program catalyzes innovation from the ground up: forward-thinking community organizations, state policymakers, and philanthropists making bold partnerships to create lasting secu...
![Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullde240f3e-c5d2-4627-8340-17a3373ccbd6/27908554082_02122716f2_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=277%2C0%2C1045%2C1045&w=290)
Technologists and reputable research now predict a huge potential for disruption in jobs as the pace of technology accelerates. Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, GiveDirectly, and Y Combinator are all proposing experiments in a Universal Basic Income (UBI) as an answer, but American politicians are silent. This session will explore why UBI is the right future economic poli...
![Sheepskin to Job Offer: Fair Promise?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nulld255c93b-fa73-4565-957f-1eb8575e5ac7/29458326952_d7f5dbe18b_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=266%2C0%2C1068%2C1068&w=290)
If young adults need a college education so badly, why are recent college grads so disproportionately unemployed? Experts tell us that two-thirds of jobs in the US by 2020 will require post-secondary credentials of some sort. Ironically, the pace of change is such that identifying the jobs that will come available in five years is hard to predict, creating questions ab...
![Finding My Voice](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc635c163-2330-4593-9796-1a09a40e8400/48121256372_7083386fd0_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=743%2C0%2C2513%2C2513&w=290)
How did an Iranian-born single mom make her way to the “room where it happened,” ultimately serving as one of the closest advisors to the president of the United States? Join Valerie Jarrett as she tells her story, from breaking race and gender barriers in the 1970s and 1980s to working on equality for women and girls, civil rights, and our criminal justice system — along...
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