Internationalizing the RMB

January 29th, 2013 - Victor Chan

A 2012 report from the International Monetary Fund explains the conditions for and progress toward the internationalization of the Chinese renminbi (RMB). More »

Tweeting, Tinkering, and Transforming

January 28th, 2013 - Dallas Herndon

Stephen Goldsmith discusses how to innovate tomorrow’s social sector today More »

Municipal CFO Series: Ben Rosenfield, San Francisco

January 25th, 2013 - Mike Reddy

San Francisco's Controller discusses the financial implications of public investment in everything from mass transit to sports arenas More »

The Education Gap: Helping Explain Unemployment Trends Across U.S. Cities

January 24th, 2013 - Whitney Pickels

Education gaps – the differences between cities’ supply and demand for educated workers – may explain differences in economic recovery and provide cues for future policy interventions. More »

Municipal CFO Series: Ronald Green, Houston

January 23rd, 2013 - Jeff Gerlach

Houston's CFO explains why the time is right for cities to invest in infrastructure More »

Honor Thy Parents, Inhabit Their Basement

January 22nd, 2013 - Nicholas Baker

Returning to cohabitation with parents proves to be a valuable form of labor market insurance More »

Debt in the Bank: CEOs, Compensation, and Risk

January 21st, 2013 - Philip Sung

A working FDIC paper examines the relationship between compensation, CEO risk behavior, and long-term firm solvency. More »

Municipal CFO Series: Natwar Gandhi, Washington, D.C.

January 18th, 2013 - Emily L. Modlin

Washington D.C.'s CFO discusses how the District regained its AAA status and moved from deficit to surplus More »

Who Isn’t Paying the Rent?: Gender Discrepancies in Eviction

January 8th, 2013 - Zachary Trout

A new study examines the prevalence of eviction in the lives of low-income women living in Milwaukee. More »

Negotiating Your Way Out of the Binder

January 3rd, 2013 - Simone Facey

What role does the willingness to negotiate for salaries play in the gender gap? More »

You Break It, They Try It

December 18th, 2012 - Benjamin Stone

OSHA's Chief of Staff discusses how the agency leverages limited resources to keep America’s workers safe More »

We Rise Together: The Benefits of Regional Economic Clustering

December 11th, 2012 - Eric Tawney

Policies to encourage economic clusters have benefits larger than the sum of their parts More »

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