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Conversation with Bridgewater Associates' Founder, Ray Dalio | Milken Institute Asia Summit 2023
Ray Dalio, Richard Ditizio, Amos Garcia
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A Conversation with Citadel CEO Ken Griffin | Milken Institute Global Conference 2024
Ken Griffin emphasizes the urgency of fiscal discipline and the preservation of dollar credibility while advocating for continued support of Ukraine to prevent geopolitical destabilization. He critiques current deficits and political interference in monetary policy, arguing that structural reforms to Social Security and a renewed commitment to meritocratic education are essential for long-term stability. Concurrently, Griffin identifies artificial intelligence as a primary catalyst for future productivity growth while highlighting the contrast between Miami's civic successes and ideological challenges facing Ivy League institutions.
- Milken Institute34 min
Harnessing the Power of David Beckham’s Global Brand | Milken Institute Global Conference 2024
David Beckham, Jamie Salter, Michael Milken
Authentic Brands Group has solidified its status as a global leader in brand management by expanding its portfolio to include high-profile estates and the David Beckham partnership, while simultaneously driving a 25% revenue share from its new entertainment division, Studio 99. This strategic collaboration, finalized in 2022 after a decade of negotiations, leverages Beckham's 164 million social followers to accelerate content production and support Inter Miami CF's rise in Major League Soccer through the strategic acquisition of Lionel Messi. Looking ahead, the partnership aims to capitalize on the 2026 World Cup to establish soccer as the United States' premier sport, with ABG targeting substantial growth in its asset-light media model over the next five years.
- Milken Institute26 min
Inclusive Capitalism Fireside Chats: A Conversation With John Rogers and Blair Smith
Jared Rogers, chairman of Ariel Investments and a descendant of Tulsa's historic Black business legacy, addresses the two-decade collapse of Chicago's Black corporate sector by leveraging his thirty-year tenure on major corporate boards to enforce accountability and diversity. To reverse this erasure, he spearheads strategic initiatives like Project Black, a private equity fund for scalable Black enterprises, alongside educational programs in the stock market and university endowments designed to cultivate the next generation of financial leaders. These efforts, supported by a sustained post-2020 shift in institutional commitment, aim to reconstruct the high-value economic ecosystem that once defined the city's Black business community.
- Milken Institute30 min
Building Community Wealth: How Can We Meet the Moment
Margot Brandenburg, Natalie Foster, Shawn Wooden
Ford Foundation host Margo Brandenburg facilitated a dialogue with Natalie Foster and Connecticut Treasurer Sean Wooden on utilizing community wealth strategies to address the widening racial and economic divide. Foster highlighted the Child Tax Credit's success in reducing child poverty while Wooden detailed Connecticut's pioneering Baby Bonds program as a model for closing the generational wealth gap through state-level innovation. The conversation further examined how public sector expansions of guaranteed income, social bonds, and anti-monopoly policies are reshaping labor markets and providing essential financial buffers during economic volatility.
- Milken Institute30 min
A Conversation with Brian Deese, Director, White House National Economic Council
Following the American Rescue Plan, the U.S. achieved historic economic growth in 2021, with GDP expansion between 5% and 6% and a significant decline in child poverty and evictions. Now, the administration is leveraging these funds alongside the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, led by Mitch Landrieu, to deploy 21st-century industrial strategies that address supply chain bottlenecks and accelerate private capital investment in clean energy. Despite current pressures from the Omicron variant and geopolitical instability, officials emphasize a "bottom-up" approach to sustain recovery while ensuring long-term climate resilience and regional equity.
- Milken Institute20 min
A Conversation With Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York
Kathy Hochul, Michael Piwowar, Richard Ravitch
Governor Hochul is fortifying New York State's fiscal reserves against potential crises while rejecting tax hikes to stem the out-migration of high-net-worth individuals. Simultaneously, she is collaborating with New York City Mayor Adams on subway safety initiatives and advancing the delayed congestion pricing plan to secure MTA funding. Her administration also prioritized keeping schools open during the Omicron surge through widespread testing and is incentivizing the construction of 100,000 affordable housing units to address long-term economic stability.
- Milken Institute26 min
Fintech in Focus: Michael Greenwald on the Digital Asset Space
Michael Greenwald, Kate Goldman
China is intensifying its crackdown on cryptocurrency transactions to consolidate state control and challenge the US dollar's global dominance, a move that pressures the Federal Reserve to accelerate digital dollar innovation despite internal divisions on the timeline. Analysts warn that without a coordinated "Digital Asset Bretton Woods" framework involving G7 allies and a proactive national security strategy, the US risks falling behind in the emerging geopolitical contest between authoritarian and non-authoritarian digital finance systems. Experts argue that achieving bipartisan legislative clarity and establishing a "Digital Asset Bill of Rights" will be essential to create a robust regulatory environment where centralized and decentralized payment rails can coexist.
- Milken Institute32 min
A Conversation with US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar
Health Secretary Alex Azar and federal officials address the current U.S. pandemic surge, which shows a 14% weekly case increase driven by indoor gatherings and mitigation fatigue, while firmly rejecting national mandates in favor of public education and declining to pursue a herd immunity strategy. Clinical and operational updates highlight a mortality rate drop for adults to below 10% due to improved therapeutics and a phased vaccine rollout targeting vulnerable populations by December under Operation Warp Speed, with regulatory approval authority reserved for independent FDA scientists. Despite clinical trial pauses for some candidates to ensure safety, the administration confirms adequate state funding, broad jurisdictional planning, and commercial-scale manufacturing commitments from major pharmaceutical firms to support the upcoming distribution schedule.
- Milken Institute32 min
A Conversation with California Governor Gavin Newsom
California Governor Gavin Newsom addressed the state's unprecedented challenges, including the loss of 1.62 million jobs, historic wildfires, and a severe homelessness crisis, while defending its resilience as the world's fifth-largest economy. Despite admitting early reopening errors, his administration implemented aggressive testing expansions, waived environmental regulations for housing, and launched a $617 million homeless shelter initiative to stabilize demographics and infrastructure. Newsom concluded by advocating for direct democracy reforms and maintaining the state's global innovation leadership despite claims of business flight and political polarization.
- Milken Institute34 min
A Conversation with US House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn & Former US Attorney General Eric Holder
Congressman James Clyburn outlined a strategic plan to address pandemic recovery and systemic societal fractures if Democrats secure a unified government in January 2021, emphasizing the need to repair historical fault lines in healthcare, housing, and education. He criticized the current electoral and voting systems as vulnerable to suppression and non-linear societal swings, advocating for eliminating the filibuster for civil rights, restoring the Voting Rights Act, and granting statehood to Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Drawing on the resilience of figures like John Lewis, Clyburn urged activists to prioritize organized turnout in the 2020 election while framing "Trumpism" as a recurring national challenge requiring constant institutional repair to ensure a stable future for the next generation.
- Milken Institute29 min
A Conversation with US Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao
Elaine Chao, Brian Sullivan, Brian Sondheim
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao emphasized that the FAA will not recertify the Boeing 737 MAX until it is deemed safe, while simultaneously overseeing a nearly 50% budget increase to fund over $300 billion in infrastructure projects including $4 billion for the MTA. Amidst a pandemic recovery that has seen passenger volumes rebound to one million daily, the Department prioritizes rebuilding public trust through widespread safety measures and economic aid totaling $86 billion for transportation industries. The administration further established an Emerging Transportation Technology Council to regulate innovations like autonomous vehicles and air taxis, aiming to balance safety with private sector growth without endorsing specific technologies.
- Milken Institute30 min
A Conversation with Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President and CEO James Bullard
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard argues that while the U.S. economy has adapted more resiliently than initially feared through remote work and essential business pivots, policymakers must abandon strategies waiting for a vaccine in favor of managing a virus that will circulate long-term. Bullard emphasizes that the Federal Reserve faces the complex task of stabilizing the economy without freezing out shrinking sectors like airlines, while simultaneously addressing persistent racial employment gaps and the risk of low inflation expectations. Despite skepticism regarding current epidemiological and economic models, he advocates for transparent committee operations and aggressive fiscal-monetary support to prevent a deeper depression and avert a secondary financial crisis.
- Milken Institute29 min
Equality and Equity: A Conversation with Vista Equity's Robert Smith
Robert Smith proposes a strategic "2% Solution" that redirects approximately $970 billion from the earnings of the top ten U.S. banks to fund capital for minority depository institutions and modernize their technological infrastructure. This initiative aims to eliminate banking and broadband deserts while deploying cloud-based lending tools to 1,075 Community Development Financial Institutions over a two-year period. Concurrently, the plan leverages the InternX platform to bridge the gap between HBCU STEM talent and major corporate partners, ultimately targeting $300 billion in capital infusion to generate a projected $1.5 trillion annual GDP uplift.
- Milken Institute34 min
A Conversation with Mark Cuban
Amid a crisis that erased 22% of U.S. micro-businesses, the discussion highlighted the urgent need for "Infrastructure 2.0" investments in robotics and AI to reshape manufacturing, alongside entrepreneurial pivots toward ambient voice technology. Comprehensive reform proposals were presented to address economic disparity, including a "Sick Bank" system and a means-tested "10 Plan" for healthcare, while the sports sector emphasized community-focused initiatives to confront systemic racism. The dialogue concluded with strategic advice for workforce agility, urging job seekers to acquire technical skills and relocate to secure opportunities in a rapidly evolving global economy.