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Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets Phase I Summary: Developing Action-Oriented Solutions to the Financing Challenges Facing Minority-Owned Small Businesses

Sep 11, 2017

Panel

New Educational Pathways to Middle-Class Jobs

Apr 30, 2017

Panel

Unbound: Retraining the American Workforce

Apr 30, 2017

Panel

What's Happened to the American Dream?

Apr 30, 2017

Research Report

Regional Performance Over Time Case Study: The Bend-Redmond, Ore. Metropolitan Statistical Area

Feb 27, 2017

Research Report

Regional Performance Over Time: Thriving and Reviving Amid Economic Challenges

Aug 11, 2016

Forum

MATH Briefing - 1st Quarter 2016: A 21st Century Tax Code: Implications for American Jobs and the Economy

Mar 23, 2016

Blog

Doves vs. Hawks: January’s Jobs Report Deals the Hawks a Better Hand

Feb 05, 2016

Forum

California's Innovation-Based Economy: A Regional Perspective on the Bay Area and Silicon Valley

Jan 20, 2016

Blog

Best-Performing Cities: Innovation Drives Jobs—and Highlights the Importance of Policies That Support It

Dec 13, 2015

Research Report

Best-Performing Cities 2015

Dec 08, 2015

Blog

5 Things Friday

Sep 18, 2015

Research Report

Trade Finance: A Catalyst for Growth in Asia

Sep 14, 2015

Research Report

Best-Performing Cities China

Sep 13, 2015

Blog

Is California a Political Casualty in the Hill’s Export-Import Bank Crosshairs?

Aug 21, 2015

Blog

Nurturing a Film and TV Industry Cluster: More Than Just Incentives

Aug 06, 2015

Blog

The War Between Optimism and Pessimism

Jun 08, 2015

Blog

Is This the End for Reg. A+?

May 27, 2015

Blog

Jumpstarting the global job creation machine, one idea at a time

Apr 30, 2015

Blog

Pritzker’s mission at Commerce: Open doors overseas

Apr 30, 2015

Blog

Griffin and El-Erian: Debating risk

Apr 27, 2015

Blog

U.S. needs to step up on global economic issues, Treasury chiefs say

Apr 27, 2015

Viewpoint

Just do it: Cut corporate taxes and create middle-class jobs

Apr 01, 2015

Blog

If you streamline it, they will come

Mar 24, 2015

Research Report

An Economic Road Map for Kern County

Mar 13, 2015

Blog

Looking for innovative partnerships to grow a skilled workforce? Try Kern County

Mar 13, 2015

Blog

The state of small business and entrepreneurship

Mar 13, 2015

Viewpoint

JOBS Act Titles V and VI: Comments on Proposed Changes

Mar 02, 2015

Forum Video

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class

Jan 20, 2015

Forum

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class

Jan 20, 2015

Blog

New Congress, New Optimism?

Jan 15, 2015

Blog

Reinvigorating the entrepreneurial spirit in America

Jan 15, 2015

Blog

Bay Area rising: High-skill jobs lift Best-Performing City

Jan 08, 2015

Research Report

Best-Performing Cities 2014

Jan 08, 2015

Blog

Collaboration a key building block of infrastructure for California cities

Nov 21, 2014

Research Report

State Technology and Science Index 2014

Nov 21, 2014

Innovation Lab

Public-Private Infrastructure Financing Solutions

Nov 19, 2014

Blog

Shares and share alike: Aligning everyone's interests

Aug 28, 2014

Blog

Argentina default: Different this time?

Aug 04, 2014

Research Report

Effective Government and Economic Expansion: How California Is Improving Permitting and Communication to Spur Business

Jul 23, 2014

Blog

Reforming permitting, promoting prosperity

Jul 23, 2014

Blog

Making it easier to reach LAX

Jun 30, 2014

Blog

Needed: A new narrative for higher education that could improve the life journey

Jun 25, 2014

Blog

An opinion gap on the wealth gap

Apr 30, 2014

Blog

Bright minds, big cities: Improving education starts with school leaders

Apr 30, 2014

Blog

Building business in Africa requires the long view and the local touch

Apr 30, 2014

Blog

How can we keep K–12 reform on track?

Apr 30, 2014

Blog

It starts with education: A conversation with Ken Griffin and Steve Schwarzman

Apr 30, 2014

Blog

Location, location, location: Why cities still matter

Apr 30, 2014

Panel

China's Economic Outlook: The View from Asia

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Emerging Markets: Are They Ready for Steadier Performance?

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Entertainment: The Big Picture

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Entrepreneurship: A Shingle for Everyone in the New Trust Economy

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Global Game Changers: Constructive Action

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Hollywood's Pursuit of the Digital Dollar

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Inequality and Mobility in America

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Jobs in the Developed World

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

Repairing Finance and Restoring Growth in Europe

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

The 21st Century Workplace

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

The California-Israel Innovation Project

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

The Puzzle of Personnel: Recruiting and Retaining Talent

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

U.S. Cities Leading the Way

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

U.S. Overview: Can the U.S. Engine Pull the Global Growth Train?

Apr 27, 2014

Panel

What's Silicon Valley Got to Do With It?

Apr 27, 2014

Research Report

Local Harvest: Developing the Central Valley Workforce for California's Future Agriculture

Apr 15, 2014

Forum

MATH Briefing - 1st Quarter 2014: SME Finance

Mar 31, 2014

Forum

Policy and California's Economy (PACE) Briefing Series

Mar 27, 2014

Research Report

Investing in California: Recommendations from
the Milken Institute California Summit

Mar 19, 2014

Blog

VFX Buyers Club: California effects work follows out-of-state subsidies

Mar 06, 2014

Forum Video

A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs

Feb 27, 2014

Forum

A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs

Feb 27, 2014

Research Report

A Hollywood Exit: What California Must Do to Remain Competitive in Entertainment - and Keep Jobs

Feb 26, 2014

Blog

The minimum wage debate aEUR" or the CBO meets Rashomon

Feb 19, 2014

Milken Institute Review

Milken Institute Review First Quarter 2014

Jan 15, 2014

Research Report

California's Position in Technology and Science: A Comparative Benchmarking Assessment

Dec 19, 2013

Blog

Run government like a business? It takes investment

Dec 19, 2013

Research Report

Best-Performing Cities 2013

Dec 05, 2013

Blog

Fashion forward, other industries to follow

Dec 02, 2013

Panel

Lunch Discussion: Investing in California's Future

Nov 21, 2013

Panel

Access to Global Capital: Investing in Growth

Oct 01, 2013

Panel

Disruptors, Innovators and Entrepreneurs

Oct 01, 2013

Panel

Global Overview: Is Confidence Returning?

Oct 01, 2013

Milken Institute Review

Milken Institute Review Fourth Quarter 2013

Oct 01, 2013

Panel

Reviving and Recapitalizing Europe

Oct 01, 2013

Panel

U.S. Overview: Gathering Steam?

Oct 01, 2013

Forum Video

Access to Global Capital Initiative: Corporate and Investor Roundtable

Sep 26, 2013

Forum

Access to Global Capital Initiative: Corporate and Investor Roundtable

Sep 26, 2013

Blog

ManufacturingaEUR(TM)s upswing to be felt in the service sector

Sep 20, 2013

Forum

JOBS Act: Title II and the SEC

Sep 06, 2013

Blog

Employment data present a conundrum for the Fed

Aug 02, 2013

Blog

What underlies the explosion in part-time employment?

Jul 24, 2013

Blog

Time to take off the training wheels: An open letter to Ben Bernanke

Jul 15, 2013

Milken Institute Review

Milken Institute Review Third Quarter 2013

Jul 01, 2013

Forum

MATH Briefing - Capital Access: New Tools for Start-ups and Small Businesses

Jun 25, 2013

Panel

Crowdfunding for Start-Ups and Small Business

Apr 28, 2013

Research Report

An Agenda for Progress: After the California Summit

Mar 01, 2013

Innovation Lab

Unleashing the Power of the Bio-Economy

Feb 26, 2013

Blog

Unleashing the Power of the Bio-Economy

Feb 26, 2013

Research Report

Industry Growth and Investment in the Central Valley: The Past 10 Years

Feb 25, 2013

Forum

Best-Performing Cities 2012 Index: Where America's Jobs Are Created and Sustained

Feb 05, 2013

Blog

Who Stole Bohemia?

Jan 28, 2013

Blog

On the Road to Recovery: California's Job Growth is Optimistic

Dec 19, 2012

Blog

Will Proposition 39 Finally Jump Start Green Jobs in California?

Dec 17, 2012

Forum

Catalyzing Pension Fund Investment in the Nation's Infrastructure: A Roundtable Discussion

Dec 06, 2012

Blog

Hearts on Fire: Leila's Story

Nov 20, 2012

Blog

Beyond pensions and prisons

Nov 15, 2012

Blog

Employment won't match peak until 2015, DeVol says

Nov 15, 2012

Viewpoint

The JOBS Act: Could It Create a Two-Tiered System?

Nov 15, 2012

Blog

Looking Forward: Post Election Issues

Nov 06, 2012

Blog

MI-GU Hill Briefing: Global trade in services: The potential for greater liberalization and increased economic growth

Oct 19, 2012

Blog

Housing market kicks into high gear as starts and permits post huge gains in September

Oct 18, 2012

Blog

The October 2012 jobs report and its meaning for California

Oct 15, 2012

Blog

Wind power subsidies -- do they have to be all or nothing?

Oct 10, 2012

Research Report

Strategies for Expanding California's Exports

Sep 27, 2012

Blog

Sequestration: Closing the gap on the deficit or harming the economy?

Sep 18, 2012

Blog

California Perspective: Amazon's move into California brings taxes and jobs

Sep 14, 2012

Research Report

Estimating Long-Term Economic Returns of NIH Funding on Output in the Biosciences

Aug 31, 2012

Research Report

Crowdfunding: Maximizing the Promise and Minimizing the Peril

Aug 27, 2012

Blog

Energy boom excess lives in Texas

Aug 24, 2012

Blog

The road from Watts, August 1965

Aug 13, 2012

Blog

Crowdfunding: Promoting the promise and minimizing the peril

Aug 02, 2012

Research Report

Reforming Israel's Film Incentives Program

Jul 25, 2012

Forum

Reforming Israel's Film Incentives Program

Jul 25, 2012

Forum

Renewing America's Commitment to Bioscience

Jul 25, 2012

Milken Institute Review

Milken Institute Review Third Quarter 2012

Jul 18, 2012

Research Report

Fighting Production Flight: Improving California's Filmed Entertainment Tax Credit Program

Jun 14, 2012

Innovation Lab

Increasing Access to Capital in the Rio Grande Valley

Jun 01, 2012

Blog

The silver lining in an otherwise dreary week of economic reports

Jun 01, 2012

Research Report

Accelerating Innovation in the Bioscience Revolution: Report from the 2011 Lake Tahoe Retreat

May 23, 2012

Blog

My recent trip to China: A taste of a booming economy

May 17, 2012

Blog

We're all temps now

May 09, 2012

Blog

Jobs: A tale of two continents

May 08, 2012

Blog

Jobs are job one

Apr 30, 2012

Lab

Opportunities for Growth: Leveraging the Power of the Bio-Economy

Apr 10, 2012

Blog

Where are we in this recovery?

Apr 10, 2012

Blog

The occupations with the most openings in 2020

Apr 09, 2012

Blog

MI-GU Hill Briefing: "The role of private equity in capital formation"

Mar 27, 2012

Forum

How the Ideas Economy Is Fueling the Global Economy...and How It Could Be Doing Much More

Mar 15, 2012

Forum Video

Milken Institute/Google - How the Ideas Economy Is Fueling the Global Economy

Mar 15, 2012

Viewpoint

How to Grow Jobs Without Growing the Deficit

Jan 26, 2012

Milken Institute Review

Milken Institute Review First Quarter 2012

Jan 01, 2012

Lab

Affordable Housing and Entrepreneurship in the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Oct 07, 2011

Research Report

The Global Biomedical Industry: Preserving U.S. Leadership

Sep 22, 2011

Blog

The U.S. economy: Recovery feels different this time around

May 03, 2011

Blog

Connecting the dots on jobs

May 02, 2011

Research Report

California's Position in Technology and Science 2010

Apr 01, 2011

Innovation Lab

Turning Plants Into Products:Delivering on the Potential of Industrial Biotechnology

Apr 01, 2011

Associate

Associates Breakfast With Bombardier CEO Pierre Beaudoin

Jan 21, 2011

Viewpoint

The Case for Economic Optimism: Investment in Equipment and Software Is Strong, As Is the Outlook for Exports

Aug 25, 2010

Forum Video

Financing the Future: Market-Based Innovations for Growth

Aug 03, 2010

Forum

Financing the Future: Market-Based Innovations for Growth

Aug 03, 2010

Research Report

From Recession to Recovery: Analyzing America's Return to Growth

Jul 01, 2010

Research Report

2009 Capital Access Index: Best Markets for Access to Business Capital

Apr 01, 2010

Innovation Lab

Financing the Residential Retrofit Revolution

Apr 01, 2010

Forum Video

How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy

Nov 04, 2009

Forum

How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy

Nov 04, 2009

Innovation Lab

Stimulating Investment in Emerging-Market SMEs

Oct 01, 2009

Viewpoint

Creating Quality Jobs in Oregon

Jul 12, 2009

Forum Video

Smile Southern California, You're the Center of the Universe:The Economy and People of a Global Region

Mar 24, 2009

Forum

Smile Southern California, You're the Center of the Universe:The Economy and People of a Global Region

Mar 24, 2009

Lab

Stimulating Investment in Emerging-Market SMEs

Feb 03, 2009

Viewpoint

Deleveraging Can Save Jobs

Dec 18, 2008

Forum

California's Future as a High-Tech Leader

Oct 02, 2008

Book

Entrepreneurship in Emerging Domestic Markets: Barriers and Innovation

Nov 01, 2007

Lab

Investing in Emerging Market SMEs

Dec 13, 2006

Forum

War Made New: Technology, Warfare and the Course of History - 1500 to Today

Nov 09, 2006

Book

Job Training That Gets Results: Ten Principles of Effective Employment Programs

Dec 01, 2005

Book

The Bridge to a Global Middle Class

Jan 01, 2003

Book

Economic Growth and Job Creation: Perspectives on American Enterprise in a Changing World

Jan 01, 1994

Expert

Minoli Ratnatunga

Director, Regional Economics Research, Center for Regional Economics

Expert

William Lee

Chief Economist

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