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Multimedia: Investing in Good Jobs Gets Good Returns

MIT’s Zeynep Ton shows us what a “good” job looks like, how to create one, and why it is important to all.

Multimedia: On ‘Economic Polarization’

Will the future labor market leave low skilled workers behind? MIT’s David Autor offers insight.

Multimedia: The Tipping Point for Tipped Work

Watch this EPI panel discussion on why exempting tipped workers from the regular minimum wage creates unlivable conditions in the growing service industry.

Multimedia: The New Costs of Incarceration

In this video, the Center for Public Integrity and CNBC show us how prison bankers, vendors, and corrections facilities, profit from inmates’ families.

Multimedia: Investing with Divested Dollars

Richard Woo of the Russell Family Foundation says what’s more important than divestment from fossil fuels is investing those dollars into the development of sustainable alternatives.

Multimedia: Aspen Institute on Impact Investing

A panel of major actors in the field of impact investing come together to discuss the Aspen Institute’s findings in a recent report as well as their experiences.

Multimedia: The Viability of a Sharing Economy

An Aspen Institute panel discusses the implications of the growing sharing economy on workers.

Multimedia: Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation

An American Enterprise Institute event discusses the role of business in eliminating poverty.

Multimedia: ‘The New Economy’

A video released by Institutional Investor discusses how businesses are being used to address social problems with leaders in the field.

Multimedia: ‘Philanthropy Can’t Do it Alone’

In a Bloomberg interview, Encourage Capital's Adam Wolfensohn explains his motivations for founding a new asset management firm that focuses on social, environmental as well as financial returns.