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Clear all filters- Milken Institute55 min
Asia Summit 2014 - Lunch Program: China Today and Tomorrow (Chinese Version)
Laura Deal Lacey, Yang Yanqing, Liang Xinjun, Shen Dingli, Zheng Yongnian
Hosted by moderator Yang Yanqing, the "China's Today and Tomorrow" lunch forum featured Shanghai experts Liang Xinjun, Shen Dingli, and Zheng Wunian discussing the nation's macroeconomic contradictions, specifically the tension between its PPP dominance and middle-income per capita status. The speakers analyzed critical financial adjustments, noting the People's Bank of China's strategy to lower interest rates via PSL operations while managing a 240% debt-to-GDP ratio through central government asset backing. Looking toward 2020, the panel outlined a strategic pivot where China transitions from a manufacturing hub to a global exporter of technology and defense systems, aiming to share regional leadership with India while cultivating a dominant middle-class consumer base.
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How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
John Hope Bryant, Paul Irving, Skip Reimer
John Hope Bryant challenges the traditional focus on political rights by defining poverty as a "disabling frame of mind" and advocating for financial literacy as the primary tool for economic empowerment. His newly launched Project 5117 aims to deploy 1,000 "Hope Inside" locations to provide financial counseling, entrepreneurship training, and job placements, with the specific goal of raising 700,000 individuals' credit scores into the mainstream banking range by 2020. By positioning financial education as a civil right and mobilizing corporate CEOs to hire students through the "B-minus business compact," Bryant seeks to transform the psychological state of despair into a catalyst for creating one million new startups annually.
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MI Forum: Hall of Mirrors
Barry Eichengreen, Michael Hiltzik, Skip Reimer
Economist Barry Eichengreen joined Michael Hiltzik at the Milken Institute's January 2015 forum to analyze historical parallels between the Great Depression and the 2008 financial crisis in a discussion of his book *Hall of Mirrors*. Eichengreen argued that the Euro's structural flaws and the Federal Reserve's past policy errors, including the Lehman Brothers failure, created systemic vulnerabilities that Keynesian fiscal intervention successfully averted during previous depressions. The session concluded with warnings that prioritizing short-term stability over long-term structural reform risks precipitating a future financial collapse within the next eighty years.
- Milken Institute1h 15m
Training the 21st Century Workforce: Strong Skills for Great Jobs
Jody Miller, Darrell Huntley, Maria Clave, Perry Wong, Gray Davis, Joseph Castro
Amidst a critical retention crisis where half of Boeing's workforce is nearing retirement, industry leaders and policymakers are rallying to address severe shortages in engineering and computer science talent. The event highlights a multi-pronged strategy combining educational reform at the K-12 level, public-private funding partnerships like those established by Fresno State, and visa reforms to retain foreign experts. Experts argue that closing this skills gap through targeted curriculum changes and diverse recruitment is essential to maintaining California's economic dominance and preventing the displacement of high-value jobs to other nations.
- Milken Institute1h 7m
Bettering California's Business Climate
Mike Cloughton, Mike Milken, Scott Minard, Kevin DeLeon, Sharon, Troy
Hosted by the Milken Institute, the California Summit convened key policymakers and investors to address the state's economic trajectory, demographic shifts, and innovation capacity. Leaders such as Scott Minard, Senator Kevin de León, and Troy Carter debated strategies to leverage California's upgraded credit rating for massive infrastructure bonds, reform the film tax credit system, and resolve funding disparities for women-led bioscience firms. The event concluded with a consensus that the state must reduce regulatory friction and lower marginal tax rates to retain global talent and sustain growth in critical sectors like technology and healthcare.
- Milken Institute1h 4m
Women's Breakfast: Transformational Philanthropy
Mike, Wendy Kopp, Alexis, Precious, Margaret, Marissa Drew, Helena, Maria, Katie O'Reilly, Nancy Oseas
Leading economists, philanthropists, and corporate executives convened to address the critical role of human capital, highlighting that education and health constitute up to 90% of national assets while global leaders like Wendy Kopp and Margaret Chan outlined successful interventions for educational equity and disease prevention. The discussion detailed specific strategies to close gender and economic gaps, including the expansion of Teach for All across 35 countries, initiatives to boost female participation in STEM fields, and financial models designed to increase women-led business funding in Sub-Saharan Africa. Participants concluded that sustained, horizontal collaboration between the public and private sectors is essential to leverage technological solutions and ensure inclusive economic growth for the next generation.
- Milken Institute56 min
2014 London Summit - U.S. Overview: Business and Ballots
Alex Witt, Eric Cantor, Ross DeVol, William Kahane, Alan Schwartz, Gene Sperling
Experts convened to analyze the U.S. economy's recovery, with Ross Milken identifying a trajectory toward 3% "escape velocity" growth driven by robust auto sales and small business hiring alongside Jean Soltis's critique of overly tight housing credit standards. While Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is expected to maintain accommodative policies until labor market sub-indicators improve, panelists warned that geopolitical risks and regulatory uncertainty regarding mergers and tax reform continue to stifle corporate investment and equity stability. The discussion further highlighted that resolving housing finance ambiguities could boost GDP, whereas achieving comprehensive immigration or energy infrastructure legislation remains hindered by legislative gridlock despite bipartisan support for incremental reforms.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
2014 London Summit - Asia Under New Management: Investors Gamble on Regime Change
Narendra Modi, Joko Widodo, David Carden, Curtis S. Chin, Julius Gaudio, Atsi Sheth, Komal Sri-Kumar
Panelists including David Carden, Julius Gaudio, Atsi Sheth, and Curtis Chin analyze a strategic pivot in non-Japan Asia from geographical analysis to cross-border thematic risks like water security and demographic shifts. The discussion highlights how internal structural challenges in India and Indonesia, alongside rising nationalism in Thailand and Myanmar, complicate reform narratives while credit risks and local capital pools reshape investment dynamics. Ultimately, the experts warn that political resolve in China and potential geopolitical instability pose significant threats that economic interdependence may fail to mitigate.
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Milken Institute Review Live: Jason Furman
Jason Furman, Deanna Farrell, Stacy Ordon, Greg Simon, Matt Stoller, Valerie Ruxell
A comprehensive analysis examines the decoupling of productivity and median income growth in the US and Europe, attributing rising inequality to shifts in labor distribution, capital accumulation, and the erosion of unionization. The discussion contrasts Thomas Piketty's capital-centric forecasts with secular stagnation theories while evaluating policy interventions from the Obama Administration, such as tax credits and the Affordable Care Act, which successfully reduced post-tax inequality by half a decade. Furthermore, the presentation argues that high inequality hinders economic growth and proposes targeted labor market reforms, minimum wage adjustments, and early childhood education investments to restore productivity without sacrificing equity.
- Milken Institute1h 22m
E-commerce: Emerging Trends and Business Models
Josh Berman, Doug Mack, Jamie Nordstrom, Jean-Francois Van Kerckhove, Peter Comisar
Industry leaders analyzed the rapid expansion of U.S. e-commerce to nearly 8% of total retail sales while highlighting strategic shifts from multi-channel integration to mobile-driven, personalized commerce models by companies like Nordstrom and One Kings Lane. The discussion emphasized how data curation, flash sale scarcity mechanics, and in-store mobile technology are transforming consumer behavior from search-based transactions to impulsive, entertainment-focused shopping experiences. Looking ahead, panelists projected that international growth in emerging markets will be driven by vertical-specific platforms and the continued blurring of online and offline retail boundaries over the next five to seven years.
- Milken Institute57 min
Don't Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership
General Wesley K. Clark promotes a comprehensive peacetime strategy centered on achieving energy independence through liquid hydrocarbons and biofuels to address five existential challenges including the rise of China and climate change. He argues that this approach, funded by a carbon tax, would boost GDP growth, isolate adversaries like Russia and Iran, and provide the economic foundation necessary to stabilize the Middle East without reinstating the draft. By shifting focus from partisan values to a unified national vision, Clark contends the United States can activate idle industrial capacity and establish a sustainable framework for global leadership.
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MI Forum - Innovating Women - The Changing Face of Technology
Sharon Vosmek, Dane Stangler, Anousheh Ansari, Vivek Wadhwa, Farai Chideya, Mindy Silverstein
Moderated by Mindy Silverstein, a Milken Institute forum featuring Vivek Wadhwa, Anusha Ansari, Dane Stangler, and Sharon Vozmek dissected the systemic gender biases in Silicon Valley's venture capital ecosystem and the economic benefits of inclusive innovation. The panel highlighted how exclusionary networks and "pattern recognition" practices result in women founders accessing a fraction of available capital despite evidence that diverse teams outperform male-only counterparts by 64%, prompting Wadhwa to crowdsource his book *Innovating Women* to fund a Singularity University initiative. Addressing both global and local barriers, the speakers advocated for shifting from mandatory quotas to cultural normalization of diversity, early STEM mentorship, and increased angel investing by women to unlock the projected 6-9% GDP growth derived from full female economic participation.
- Milken Institute59 min
Asia Summit 2014 - Global Overview: Geoeconomics vs. Geopolitics
Michael Milken, Tony Fernandes, Jamie Forese, Joshua Harris, Axel Weber
Citi's Jamie Dimon and industry leaders from Apollo Global Management convened in Singapore to analyze the structural shift of global economic gravity toward Asia, contrasting the region's high growth potential with the stagnation of European markets and the geopolitical risks of fiscal integration. The discussion highlighted specific investment dynamics, including the underutilization of private capital in Asian SMEs, the manufacturing renaissance driven by the US shale revolution, and the resilience of entrepreneurs like AirAsia in serving mass markets. Ultimately, panelists called for regulatory environments that prioritize long-term stability over short-term populism to facilitate sustainable capital flows and address the growing disparities between emerging and advanced economies.
- Milken Institute47 min
Asia Summit 2014 - Celebrating and Selling to the Growing Middle Class
Donald Tang, Achal Agarwal, Timothy Chen, Kevin Lu, Peter Tan, Arjun Agarwal
Industry leaders and investors convened to analyze the projected expansion of the global middle class, which is shifting decisively toward Asia by 2030 and fundamentally altering consumption patterns and investment flows. Executives from Kimberly Clark, Private Equity, and technology firms detailed strategic pivots toward localized innovation, digital engagement, and decentralized governance to capture this emerging demographic. The panel concluded that sustaining this growth requires a departure from Western consumption models, necessitating robust political stability, strict corporate governance, and a renewed focus on collective well-being over individual wealth accumulation.
- Milken Institute55 min
Asia Summit 2014 - A Conversation with Robert Zoellick: U.S. Rebalancing Toward Asia
Robert Zoellick, Chan Heng-Chi, Manraj Sekh, Jared Carney Lightdale, Kevin Chen, Yanqing
Former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zellick addressed the strategic challenges of the current global order, analyzing the implications of Scottish independence on UK-US relations while advocating for a federalism model to counter insular fragmentation. He outlined a complex counter-ISIS strategy requiring local ground forces and regional partnerships to navigate the collapse of the Sykes-Picot system without overextending US domestic will. Furthermore, Zellick emphasized the necessity of advancing the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to secure US leadership, urging the integration of rising powers like China into reformed multilateral institutions rather than isolating them.