This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The amount of variety available at grocery stores is highly sensitive to income inequality, according to new research. Even before COVID-19 and resulting shutdowns created gridlock for some global supply…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the past four years the New York City Behavioral Design Team (BDT)—a partnership between the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity and ideas42—has been redesigning elements of programs and services to make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the years, FIELD at the Aspen Institute has worked to strengthen the role of business ownership as an economic opportunity strategy by conducting research, evaluating new ideas and innovations, supporting leaders,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In celebration of National Rural Health Day, we are lifting up the evidence and policy solutions generated by Urban Institute research on how state and federal policymakers can promote health equity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Older Americans who want to live independently face serious economic challenges. Half who live alone don’t have enough income to afford even a bare-bones budget in their home communities, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is the second of two op-eds from The Shared Prosperity Partnership. We asked leaders in each of these eight cities to describe briefly the considerations, strategies, and tactics required to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School closures due to the nationwide lockdown in March 2020 meant that children were disengaged with formal education for a prolonged period. The resulting talks around e-education exposed India’s digital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The response to COVID-19 is not just record-level spending and borrowing. It may already constitute a wealth reallocation of historic proportions. The implications for equity, future growth, and climate are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2015, The James Irvine Foundation launched the Bridging the Gap initiative, designed to support successful student transitions from high school to postsecondary education. The initiative, now in its concluding phase, paid…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research links the Affordable Care Act’s elimination of out-of-pocket costs for contraception with fewer births, especially among low-income families. Nearly half of pregnancies in the US are unplanned, and there’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eleven years ago, after permanently residing in the United States since 1993, I became an American citizen. Naturalization is a lengthy process. And as an adult, to “absolutely and entirely…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the country, cities routinely invest significant time and money into creating individual economic development projects or programs that fail to make a meaningful difference in a community’s trajectory. For…