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Announcement
Announcing the Collective Action in Tech Fellowship
The fellowship will highlight collective action among tech workers in the Global South
Event
— Phenomenal World
— Upcoming
Panel: Party Politics and the Financialization of Social Policy in Brazil
The panel took place on Zoom on Monday, January 25, 2-4pm ET
Media Coverage
Compton, California and Maricá, Brazil guaranteed income in Bloomberg
A new article in Bloomberg Citylab: "2021 will be the year of guaranteed income experiments"
Media Coverage
Laura Beamer speaks to the Texas Standard about the student debt crisis
The conversation draws on JFI's Millennial Student Debt project
Event
— Social Wealth Seminar
View all of 2020’s Social Wealth Seminar sessions
An archive of 2020’s eleven sessions in JFI’s ongoing virtual forum exploring strategies to manage public assets and resources in service of society, in the United States and across the world
Event
— Research Session
Event on Reweaving the Safety Net: The Best Fit for Guaranteed Income
Sidhya Balakrishnan, Michael Lewis, and Stephen Nunez presented on guaranteed income implementation on Thursday, December 17
Press Release
Reweaving the Safety Net: The Best Fit for Guaranteed Income
Part of “From Idea to Reality,” JFI’s white paper series on building guaranteed income in the US, the new report examines the role that GI can play in the social safety net
Media Coverage
Millennial Student Debt maps win Dignity+Debt data visualization contest
Francis Tseng's maps show the geography of student debt across the United States
Media Coverage
Business Insider, The American Prospect, Open Campus, Courier cover JFI's Millennial Student Debt project
JFI's ongoing series on the higher education landscape provides evidence for the benefits of student debt cancellation
Policy Brief
JFI Fellow Mike Pizzi writes on artifical intelligence governance at the United Nations
Co-authored with Mila Romanoff, the piece provides an overview of AI governance at UN Global Pulse
Media Coverage
Yahoo! Finance features latest Millennial Student Debt report
Senior fellow Marshall Steinbaum's report on the growing burden of student debt forms part of the national conversation on debt cancellation
Event
JFI co-hosts international roundtable on AI governance with UNESCO, Future Society
Along with several major research, policy, and legal organizations, JFI digital ethics researchers convened for the 2nd annual Athens Roundtable on AI
Press Release
JFI report by senior fellow Marshall Steinbaum examines the crisis of non-repayment of student debt
A new analysis in the Millennial Student Debt series finds that student debt loads are increasingly difficult for students to repay, despite income-driven repayment and other policies meant to ease the burden for students
Event
— Phenomenal World
Panel on November 9, 2020: Global Power in the North-Atlantic Financial System
Discussion moderated by Adam Tooze
Media Coverage
The Compton Pledge features in multiple nationwide media outlets
JFI's partnership guaranteed income initiative with Mayor Aja Brown and Fund for Guaranteed Income has captured attention for its scale and design
Press Release
JFI, Mayor Aja Brown, and Fund for Guaranteed Income announce largest city-based guaranteed income initiative
The Compton Pledge is a two-year guaranteed income initiative for approximately 800 low-income residents of Compton
Media Coverage
L.A. Times breaks news on ‘The Compton Pledge,’ new guaranteed income initiative of JFI & partners
The largest city-based guaranteed income initiative in the United States, launching this year
Event
— Phenomenal World
Aaron Benanav, Tim Barker, and Katrina Forrester
The Phenomenal World co-hosts an event on Aaron Benanav’s new book, “Automation and the Future of Work,” with N+1 and Dissent
Press Release
Announcing the Outcomes Center in collaboration with the San Diego Workforce Partnership
The Outcomes Center contains tools and information for workforce income share agreements
Media Coverage
Op-ed in The Hill from JFI experts on 'the shape of guaranteed income'
NYU Professor Jonathan Morduch and JFI Director of Research Sidhya Balakrishnan co-authored a piece on the potential for guaranteed income to address poverty and inequality, emphasizing "the details matter"
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