Kevin Klowden
Managing Economist, Milken Institute
Kevin Klowden is Managing Economist of the California Center and is part of the Regional Economics group at the Milken Institute. His research, including the recent California's Highway Infrastructure: Traffic's Looming Costs, focuses on the role of transportation infrastructure in regional competitiveness. Klowden has also analyzed technology and media; he authored The Writers' Strike of 2007—2008: The Economic Impact of Digital Distribution, examining the issues surrounding the Hollywood writers' strike and the costs of that work stoppage to the California economy. He coordinated the Institute's Los Angeles Economy Project, seeking public policy and private-sector solutions to regional challenges. He also served on the editorial board of Millennium, the international affairs journal of the London School of Economics, where he earned a master's degree in the politics of world economy. Klowden also earned a master's in economic geography from the University of Chicago.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.