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The article, "Guaranteed Income Programs Spread, City by City," features JFI's political economy research

JFI experts on guaranteed income research and policy communications close out the 'getting to guaranteed income' white paper series, including with lessons from Saru Jayaraman of One Fair Wage

The “Cash Consortium” and the Urban Institute’s State and Local Finance Initiative invite you to join a virtual discussion on recent changes in state cash assistance to families.

Hosted in Washington, DC and featuring JFI's Halah Ahmad, this is a joint event by GHI Washington, the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor (Georgetown University) & the Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy (University of California, Santa Barbara). The event is endorsed by the American Historical Association (AHA).

A virtual and in-person panel hosted at the 2022 Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress taking place in Brisbane, Australia between September 26 and 28, 2022 -- featuring JFI's Stephen Nuñez.

A roundup of recent coverage.

How rents impacted pandemic migrations, and migrations shape rent growth

Ahmad spoke alongside Madeline Neighly (Economic Security Project) and Kathrine Cagat (Mayors for a Guaranteed Income)

Researchers from the Jain Family Institute (JFI) and Brazil’s Federal Fluminense University (UFF) gathered with experts and government officials today for a sovereign wealth fund seminar in Niterói, Brazil

Virtual event June 22, 2022 at 4pm ET

A conversation with Drew Pendergrass and JFI Researcher Francis Tseng

The partnership will support RIC’s work to champion scholars of color in economics and related fields.

Video now available from our panel discussion on the global monetary system

A collaboration between JFI and Debt Collective, the issue brief makes a data-driven case for universal, automatic, and generous debt cancellation

JFI's higher ed research cited by David Brooks

Beamer spoke about student debt cancellation

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Following Millennial Student Debt Part 7, "How Schools Lie: The Deceptive Financial Aid System at America's Colleges," Laura Beamer and Eduard Nilaj scrutinize deceptive practices at top-ranked schools

Javier Blas, Nicholas Mulder, and Alex Yablon in conversation on April 8, 2022 at 11am Eastern Time

Join us on Friday, March 25 at 10am ET

NABE's 38th annual economic policy conference

The first report from JFI's Social Wealth Portfolio