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Urban policy magazine discusses JFI's guaranteed income pilots
City Monitor, a new magazine of urban policy experts and journalists, spoke with JFI's Stephen Nuñez about the evidence for guaranteed income policies in cities
Media Coverage
Yahoo! Finance piece highlights JFI findings on rising student debt burdens
The article discussed Senators Warren and Schumer's resolution for up to $50,000 in federal debt forgiveness amid disproportionate levels of student debt for lowest-income communities and communities of color
Media Coverage
The Balance features JFI guaranteed income expertise
The personal finance site featured JFI's Halah Ahmad on rising interest in cash transfers since the onset of the pandemic
Publication
JFI report shows dramatic increases in millennial student debt, interactive map of disparate impacts
New data shows fewer options, higher prices, and ballooning debt in higher education since 2009, with lowest-income communities of color hit hardest
Announcement
JFI's Steve Nuñez speaks alongside Mayors Michael Tubbs and Keisha Lance Bottoms
In a meeting of Atlanta's Old 4th Ward Task Force exploring a guaranteed income pilot, JFI Lead Researcher on Guaranteed Income Stephen Nuñez provided lessons from existing pilots and research
Announcement
JFI offers expert perspective on AI and criminal justice for NJC
JFI Digital Ethics and Governance Fellow Lily Hu spoke on a National Judicial College panel discussing AI and criminal justice
Announcement
JFI shares guaranteed income expertise for 2020 Korea Basic Income Fair
JFI Lead Researcher in Guaranteed Income Stephen Nuñez spoke virtually alongside Brazilian political leader Eduardo Suplicy at an international conference of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government in South Korea
Media Coverage
JFI's Stephen Nuñez speaks with Salon about guaranteed income
Salon's Matthew Rozsa spoke with JFI about models of basic and guaranteed income for the US
Event
— Webinar
‘Legislating Relief’ - JFI hosts expert perspectives on urgent higher education bills
Key takeaways of our August 7th panel with policy and research experts in higher education, providing crucial perspectives for the ongoing debate around continued higher education relief bills
Event
— Research Session
Thea Riofrancos
Speaking to her newly-published book, Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador, Riofrancos discussed the results of almost a decade of research in Ecuador
Event
— Phenomenal World
Panel on Thursday, August 13: Geoeconomics and the Balance of Payments
A video recording from a panel initiated and moderated by Adam Tooze
Announcement
JFI Capital Launches
How to support JFI's projects
Event
— Phenomenal World
Zach Carter and Ian Kumekawa on Keynes
The Phenomenal World cohosts an event on Zach Carter’s new book, “The Price of Peace,” with the Ballot
Media Coverage
JFI speaks with Vox on new Mayors for Guaranteed Income Initiative
As multiple mayors across the US call for guaranteed income pilots, JFI continues to guide pilots in Newark and elsewhere to build on existing research
Blog Post
Herman Mark Schwartz writes on the dollar and empire for Phenomenal World
The economic historian writes on how the US dollar shapes both geopolitical power and wealth inequality nationwide.
Event
— Research Session
Max Kasy
JFI's virtual research session with Max Kasy, Associate Professor at Oxford, discussing fairness in algorithmic decision-making.
Press Release
From Idea to Reality: Getting to Guaranteed Income
Amid growing calls for a US guaranteed income, JFI releases a new series for lawmakers and advocates on how to build and implement such a program nationwide
Event
— Social Wealth Seminar
Announcing JFI's Social Wealth Seminar
The seminar is an ongoing virtual, semi-monthly forum exploring strategies to manage public assets and resources in service of a more just society.
Research
Declining Access, Rising Cost: The Geography of Higher Education Post-2008
A new report on the Phenomenal World and interactive map displaying the price of college throughout the US
Media Coverage
Time Magazine covers Robert Smith's Student Freedom Initiative in partnership with JFI
The multi-billion dollar non-profit fund creates alternative financing options at HBCUs, with JFI partnering on program design, analytics, & research
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