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New Report on Student Debt Cancellation; Coverage in Marketwatch
Marketwatch: “The analysis is the first to provide a sense of who has benefited from the $153 billion in debt cancellation…
Center for Active Stewardship’s Splice tool in the Financial Times
“The case against carbon emissions as a universal metric”
Center for Active Stewardship launches Splice, a tool for visualizing how a company’s greenhouse gas emissions change over time
“When it comes to emissions reporting, it’s important to be able to separate signal from noise. Initiatives to reduce…
ISA research cited by White House and others
This research formed part of a White House issue brief, “The Economics of Administration Action on Student Debt.”
News Coverage of Phenomenal World’s Brazil Launch with Adam Tooze
Widespread coverage of Brazilian Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad’s comments during the launch event.
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