We all have a vested interest in getting the system to work.
Fighting the Drug (Cost) Wars
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Margaret (Peggy) HamburgFormer Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative | bio Advisory Group -
Stacie DusetzinaProfessor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine -
Craig GarthwaiteProfessor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management -
Corby KummerExecutive Director of Food and Society Program at the Aspen Institute -
Kenneth DavisExecutive Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Mount Sinai Healt...
- 2019 Festival
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- Education
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In a time of growing wealth disparity and evolving societal values, can capitalism adapt to sustain the American Dream?
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