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Social Impact Bonds

by Jeremy Loudenback At the next Goldman Sachs shareholder meeting, the usual discussions about shareholder value and adjusted leverage ratio will be joined by a seemingly unlikely topic: recidivism strategies. The unlikely confluence of corrections strategies and investment banking concerns one of the first examples of social-impact bonds in this country, Read more…

The War on Poverty

Students Talk Back: A Politics and Public Policy Forum Our friends at the Unruh Institute are focusing on poverty issues in this week’s Students Talk Back series: The War on Poverty: 50 Years and Fighting Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Featuring: Reed Galen, Owner, Jedburghs, LLC Angelica Solis, Director of Community Development, Read more…

A New Chapter in Governance

by Jeremy Loudenback The public library may seem like a strange setting for discussions about governance. But these days, public libraries occupy an active and surprisingly commonplace role in the public policy arena, especially in urban areas. From helping citizens navigate the new healthcare marketplaces to dealing with homelessness, libraries are no Read more…

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