In a rapidly changing 21st-century economy with growing competition from abroad, continuing to field a world-leading, skilled workforce is both more essential and more challenging than ever to the mission of delivering increasing prosperity for American families and preserving our nation’s economic leadership. In the face of uncertain technological disruption, business leaders and policymakers will need to carefully consider the necessary changes and adjustments that could help to ensure that all Americans, including those whose potential contributions the US has failed to fully support and cultivate in the past, are better positioned to prosper in the future.
Molly Kinder, a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program and lead author of Worker Voices: Technology and the Future for Workers, joins to discuss her work examining the impact of emerging technologies on low wage workers and women and the challenges and opportunities of such technology as perceived by workers in occupations most at-risk of automation.
Sustaining Capitalism Podcast Series / 27 Apr 2023
This podcast discusses how US oil and gas companies are expanding exploration and production activities to respond to increasing energy needs.
Sustaining Capitalism Podcast Series / 28 Mar 2023
In this episode, we are joined by Cecilia McKenney, to discuss workforce challenges facing the health care industry following the pandemic.
Sustaining Capitalism Podcast Series / 07 Mar 2023
Dr. Doug Shapiro of the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center discusses college enrollment trends.
Sustaining Capitalism Podcast Series / 28 Feb 2023
This podcast episode features an assessment of where the war stands now, how the West has responded to it, and the future direction of US policy.
Sustaining Capitalism Podcast Series / 21 Feb 2023
Michael Romano of NTCA joins us to discuss how the funding from the infrastructure law can be unlocked and used effectively.
Sustaining Capitalism Podcast Series / 14 Feb 2023
Regulatory agencies often overstep their boundaries, with serious consequences both to the entities they regulate and the economy as a whole.