This podcast, with a leading industry executive, discusses how US oil and gas companies, particularly in the independent sector, are expanding exploration and production activities to respond to both increasing energy needs at home and energy security for our allies, particularly in response to the invasion of Ukraine. It also discusses environment…

What can be done to address shortages in the health care workforce? In this episode of Sustaining Capitalism, we are joined by Cecilia McKenney, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer at Quest Diagnostics, to discuss workforce challenges facing the health care industry following the pandemic. Tune in to find out: How did the pandemic strain the heal…

In this podcast, Dr. Doug Shapiro, Executive Director of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, discusses college enrollment trends. The country's undergraduate student body dropped by nearly 1.4 million students during the pandemic and the enrollment decline continues. Dr. Shapiro provides insights from the research center's data on e…

One year in, the Russian invasion has brought far-reaching geopolitical changes, with shocks to global energy and food markets, higher inflation, and economic disruption. The human cost of the war has been incalculable as well. Join us for this timely podcast featuring an assessment of where the war stands now; how the West has responded to it; ass…

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021, has the potential to extend broadband access to Americans previously unserved or underserved by our broadband infrastructure. As CED has previously highlighted, broadband is essential to American economic and civic life. Michael Romano of NTCA - The Rural Br…

Regulatory agencies often overstep their boundaries, with serious consequences both to the entities they regulate and the economy as a whole. This podcast will consider some recent examples of agencies exceeding their authority and offer a perspective on "smart regulation" in which Congress should speak with clear language and agencies stay within …

As 2023 begins, there are many issues on the agenda for the US and Asia, ranging from the Taiwan Strait to Japan's new defense posture to economic challenges facing the region. Nirmal Ghosh, Washington correspondent of Singapore's Straits Times and veteran observer of US-Asia relations, shares his insights with us for a pivotal year.…

Earlier this year, supply chains on both sea and land were severely strained. As the holidays approach, have things improved? Former Federal Maritime Commissioner Rob Quartel shares his thoughts on this and other global shipping issues. The podcast will also discuss the new Ocean Shipping Reform Act and other issues relating to the large volume of …

In this podcast, the CEO of Novolex discusses the connection between packaging and climate sustainability, including innovative recycling of plastics, the unintended consequences of bans on types of packaging, and Novolex’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Von The Conference Board

Travel is an essential part of the US economy, generating $1.9 trillion in economic output and supporting 9.5 million jobs. Travel recovery is essential for economic recovery. Join Jamie Mageau of US Travel as she discusses the latest post-pandemic travel trends.Von The Conference Board

The CED discussion series, Leadership in Challenging Times, interviews business leaders about the unprecedented challenges facing the nation and how they are helping chart a path forward for both their companies and communities in which they operate. Listen as CEOS from Rite Aid, McDonald's Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pfizer Inc., Edward…

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.Von The Conference Board

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.Von The Conference Board

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.Von The Conference Board

Access to quality child care is a key determinant in workforce participation of parents, particularly mothers. This podcast series will feature interviews with employers who offer child care supports that enable employees with child care responsibilities to work.Von The Conference Board

2022 Honorees “I think the things where if I took lessons learned: those governments that defined what they were trying to accomplish, but not defined the solution, but actually just articulated what goal they were trying to solve…they actually unlocked a level of creativity that I think made a huge difference,” So says Marc Casper, Chairman, Presi…

2022 Honorees On leading during COVID-19: “…as you would imagine, in a system like ours, where you have not just the company people, but you have a network of suppliers, you have a network of franchisees, you get bombarded with a lot of questions that come in from everybody around the world. And one of the things that I tried to do in the very begi…

2022 Honorees "Before the pandemic, before the economic crisis, we already had too many people that were isolated and outside the financial system… As businesses, the first thing we can do is make sure our own employees have a sense of financial security. We should measure that. We should control that completely. That will make a big difference.” S…

https://www.conference-board.org/events/CED-Distinguished-Leadership-Awards-Dinner “We were so motivated by the fact that...we could be a part of saving the world...it was energizing and it was inspirational for our teams—to be able to partner with the government and the private sector, pharmaceutical companies, and testing companies—to do somethin…

2022 Distinguished Honorees “Nothing of what was accomplished would have been accomplished without partnerships. In our case, we had to partner with BioNTech…But, we also had to partner with the FDA, and the CDC. […] Without their active collaboration—without [our] active sensing of the way that they worked as well—we wouldn't be able to achieve wh…

“We look back to history to know that the times of tumult will pass, but we also have to move through them in really productive ways…to put things in historical perspective, but also to put things into perspective by helping people take a long-term view.” That’s according to Penny Pennington, Managing Partner of Edward Jones, in an interview with D…

On average, rural schools serve 344 students, which is smaller compared to those in towns, suburbs, or cities, and have fewer specialized staff and services relative to schools in other locales. According to 2013 data from the High School Longitudinal Study, 76% of urban and 79% of suburban students went to some form of college compared to 71% of r…

During the pandemic, rural America faced special challenges but also bright opportunities as more Americans moved to rural areas. What lessons can we learn from the last two years in promoting sustainable development in rural America? Don Albrecht, Director of the Western Rural Development Center at Utah State, joins us with insights on this import…

Rural healthcare faces unique challenges. Patients need to travel further to access care and attracting talent to more remote areas can be difficult. Issues that existed before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have grown as the healthcare workforce struggles to regain job losses over the past two years and more facilities close their doors. In a …

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has led to widespread speculation that it may soon radically transform the labor market. As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, to what extent will AI replace human workers? And how can AI augment uniquely human capabilities? In a new podcast, John Gardner, Vice President of Publ…

Many businesses continue to face difficulties in their supply chains, both domestic and international. In a new episode of Sustaining Capitalism, Bob Costello, Chief Economist, American Trucking Associations, sits down for a conversation with John Gardner, Vice President, Public Policy at the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy ce…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

To remain competitive on the global stage, the US needs to foster more tech talent in the workplace. How can policymakers and business leaders bring people from all backgrounds into the tech field? In a new podcast, CED Senior Economist Jessica Nicholson interviews Jim McKelvey. He is the Co-Founder and Director of Square, Founder of Invisibly, and…

Much has been written about the impact of technology, especially as it relates to teaching and learning during the pandemic, whether at the early grade school levels or for ongoing training in the workplace. How must our higher education system transform to keep up with workplace demand in our knowledge-driven economy that is based on a foundation …

Is immigration the solution to the US Labor Market’s problems? As we know, The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a sharp drop in international migration to the United States under several different work visa programs. At the same time, the US labor market has shown signs of tightening—the unemployment rate is low, wages are rising, and job openings are…

Everyone wants the budget problem to just go away. More realistically, everyone wants someone else to pay to solve the budget problem. But we are running out of time to think more seriously. Has insufficient tax revenue contributed to our budget problem? Will we need to increase taxes to slow our runaway budget deficits and public debt? What tax to…

Traditional standards of responsible federal fiscal behavior have been blown away by two black-swan events—the housing and financial crisis of 2008 and thereafter, and the coronavirus pandemic that emerged in 2020. Because there has been no cataclysm since, some commentators have leapt to the conclusion that “debt doesn’t matter.” But an alternativ…

Brexit reignited the Scottish nationalist fire. In this podcast, Ilaria Maselli and Elizabeth Crofoot discuss scenarios for Scottish independence from the UK: what steps would be necessary and what it would mean for businesses. They explore 3 scenarios: 1) independence and EU membership, 2) the Divided United Kingdom with further devolution of powe…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

Economists from the Committee for Economic Development (CED) and The Conference Board Labor Markets Institute join forces to break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report and reveal the relevant policy implications for the future workforce.Von The Conference Board

As COVID-19 approaches its third year, entrepreneurism and gig work are on the rise. The percentage of self-employed US workers is approximately 6 percent, the highest level in nearly a decade, and the rate of new business formation by self-employed individuals is 50 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels. For a look at the factors behind this sur…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

Although the majority of employers today still use a college degree as a gold standard of evidence for competencies to successfully fulfill a job position, leaders of a new initiative and movement called Credential As You Go are suggesting a bigger role for higher education that would help serve students more fairly and effectively through an incre…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

Economists from the Committee for Economic Development (CED) and The Conference Board Labor Markets Institute join forces to break down the monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report and reveal the relevant policy implications for the future workforce.Von The Conference Board

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder Capitalism podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched b…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched by The Confe…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched by The Confe…

The preparation of K-12 students for postsecondary success is a topic of serious concern for the U.S. education system as well as for employers as it relates to a future talent pool. Joining us from the Cajon Valley Union School District in California are Superintendent Dr. David Miyashiro and Chief Innovation and Engagement Officer Ed Hidalgo to d…

CED’s Shareholder Versus Stakeholder podcast series consists of compelling conversation with CEOs about whether there is a shift towards stakeholder capitalism underway and the implications of the debate on the CEOs’ leadership roles within their companies and in society. The podcast series continues the roundtable discussions launched by The Confe…