A recent Brookings piece on the use of social impact bonds in Colombia prompted me on a little research project to examine what’s been happening in this space since I
06-04-2017
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As regular readers of this blog know, I can get going on a good rant over the near absence of any kind of economic transition support for displaced workers in
03-04-2017
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One of the unintended consequences of the Trump Administration’s horrific “skinny budget” plan is that it has prompted some deep media and think tank dives into understanding the many benefits
30-03-2017
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An interesting new article in Strategy+Business examines another potential downside of the gig economy. It seems that many business sectors operate with business models that are not well suited to
24-03-2017
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If you plan on attending next week’s National Association of Workforce Boards conference, I hope to see you here in Washington DC. I’ll be participating in the entire event and
23-03-2017
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This is late notice, but I encourage you to sign up for a webinar later today on the topic of building entrepreneurial ecosystems in small and rural communities. I'll be
21-03-2017
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I've got a new article on the the economic transition in America's coal regions in the latest issue (Winter 2017) of the International Economic Development Council's Economic Development Journal. The article
19-03-2017
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If you want to learn the latest and greatest about what’s happening in the world of entrepreneurship, you still have time to book your flight to Johannesburg, South Africa for
02-03-2017
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This blog post summarizes a few recent research reports that contain some interesting findings (to me, at least) but have not received a lot of coverage in the more popular
27-02-2017
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