What does it take – as a woman – to build a business from the ground up? Are there special challenges that women face? Our…
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Ep. 122 Unintended Consequences
Sometimes we know exactly what the consequences of a policy will be, and sometimes we don’t. In this episode, we’ll explore a surprising consequence related…
Leave a CommentEp. 120 The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection
As Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, “It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your…
Leave a CommentWhen Professor Anne-Maria Makhulu returned to South Africa to start her research in the late 1990s, the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission was just…
Leave a CommentEp. 111 Philanthropy Series: Helping People With Means to Give
Thomas J. Tierney is an expert in smart philanthropy and co-founder of the Bridgespan Group which provides management consulting to nonprofits and philanthropists. He is…
Leave a CommentEp. 110 Philanthropy Series: Share Our Strength’s Billy Shore
Billy Shore is a founder of the organization Share Our Strength, the umbrella organization of No Kid Hungry. Over the past 35 years, the organization…
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