Sustaining Capitalism

Meredith McGehee on COVID-19 and preparing for the 2020 election

June 03, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting many aspects of American life, and its future trajectory is hard to predict. As CED trustees Bob Kueppers and Ron Klein wrote in a recent op-ed, “While we cannot know the state of the pandemic at the time of the November elections, policymakers and election officials must act now to ensure that COVID-19 is neither a public health threat nor a deterrent to participation.” Meredith McGehee, Executive Director of Issue One, joins to discuss the risks COVID-19...

Claudia Sahm on evaluating the Federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic impacts

May 07, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

Faced with a public health and economic crisis unlike any in living memory, Congress has enacted trillions of dollars of relief while the Federal Reserve is carrying out unprecedented market interventions. How successful have those efforts been and what more will need to be done in order to minimize harm? How should policymakers proceed given the uncertainties they face? Claudia Sahm, director of macroeconomic policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, joins to discuss the Federal...

Hana Schank on challenges in delivering public aid to address COVID-19

April 29, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB

The public sector is scrambling to address the massive public health and economic crisis driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. As policymakers and bureaucrats at all levels of government have sought to ameliorate harm and spur an effective response, the performance of many government programs and systems—in terms of meeting demand for fast changes, increased use, and more flexible operations—has been rocky at best. New legislation designed to provide trillions of dollars in relief has met, at lea...

How Child Care Businesses Can Survive COVID-19—Considerations for Child Care Centers.

April 16, 2020 06:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

As states and communities seek to stem the spread of COVID-19, governors have issued stay-at-home orders for all residents with the exception of essential personnel who must work. Throughout the country, the child care industry—both child care centers and home-based programs— has been significantly impacted as well. Many programs have closed. Some programs are open to serve the children of essential personnel; however, enrollment is far below normal levels. Congress approved several relie...

How Child Care Businesses Can Survive COVID-19—Considerations for Family Child Care Homes

April 16, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

As states and communities seek to stem the spread of COVID-19, governors have issued stay-at-home orders for all residents with the exception of essential personnel who must work. Throughout the country, the child care industry—both child care centers and home-based programs— has been significantly impacted as well. Many programs have closed. Some programs are open to serve the children of essential personnel; however, enrollment is far below normal levels. Congress approved several relie...

US Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Contagion

April 13, 2020 14:30 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB

The COVID-19 crisis is posing significant and unprecedented challenges to the US health care system. Health care workers and hospitals are pushed to the brink responding to the pandemic. How can the nation’s response today prepare us for a better health care and public health system in the future? Is there a chance that what we learn today, and the remedies that we impose, can give us a more-rational health care system for the future in general terms, not just for public health and pandemics...

Tracy Gordon on State and Local Government Finance in the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 06, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

The United States is dealing with an acute crisis, unique in our recent economy history. In order to address the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and business leaders are bringing major elements of everyday life and commerce to a temporary halt. The US economy is almost certainly already in recession. The effects of the pandemic, including the public health response, will place enormous strain on many families and businesses. It will also pose a tremendous challenge to state and local governm...

Leah Boustan on the history of US immigration, assimilation, and its economic impacts

April 03, 2020 06:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

As described in the January 2020 Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board (CED) policy statement, Boosting Immigration: Harnessing global talent to increase US competitiveness, innovation, and prosperity, the challenges presented by slowing population and labor force growth and an aging populace will require the US to embrace every available advantage to bolster the strength and productivity of the American workforce in order to help more American families benefit from g...

Robert Kueppers and Nick Hart on the importance of the Census and what the COVID-19 pandemic means for our national count

March 26, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

April 1, 2020 is Census Day—Americans responding to the once-in-a-decade count will report where they were living on that day. As the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board outlined in its policy brief, The 2020 Census: The Importance of an Accurate and Robust Accounting of our Nation’s Population, the census is the primary source of data on the nation’s population and economy, used to determine our system of political representation, inform business development and inve...

Molly Kinder on worker perspectives and the future of work

January 15, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

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 tha...

Women and Work: The trends, barriers, and policies affecting women’s labor force participation

January 08, 2020 19:52 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

As described in the October 2019 Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board (CED) policy statement Growing the American Workforce: Bolstering Participation Is Critical for US Competitiveness and Economic Strength, the growth of women in the paid workforce was among the most significant labor market stories of post-WWII America. But, after leading much of the world in the trend towards fuller female participation, the US now routinely lags many of its advanced economy peers. W...

Strengthening the American Workforce: CED recommendations for increasing labor force participation and attachment

January 03, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

In a rapidly changing 21st-century economy, 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 global economic leadership. The US must confront its demographic challenges, as an aging population and slowing labor force growth pose long-run risks to the economic strength and fiscal health of the country. To help confront these challen...

How Quality Early Education Helps Shape the Future of Our Workforce

December 18, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB

PNC’s Grow Up Great initiative exemplifies how business can step in and make an educational difference in children’s early years. This year PNC celebrates the 15th anniversary of their Grow Up Great program, a bilingual initiative to help children from birth through age 5 prepare for success in school and in life. In 2004, PNC employees chose early education as the company’s philanthropic focus when investing in early childhood education did not have as much widespread support as it does to...

Out of Work: Trends, causes, and potential solutions for labor force nonparticipation in the 21st century

December 09, 2019 19:20 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

With workforce and population growth both slowing, the US will need to make full use of its available talent if it is going to remain globally competitive and continue to deliver growing prosperity for American families. To help address this challenge, the Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board has released a new policy brief, Growing the American Workforce: Bolstering Participation Is Critical for US Competitiveness and Economic Strength, aimed at increasing labor force...

Why High-Quality Early Childhood Learning Experiences Matter

November 15, 2019 21:26 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

Research shows that early learning (from birth to 5) not only supports children’s success in school, but it also impacts a child’s future earnings, workplace productivity, and has long-term health benefits as well as multi-generational benefits. In this episode, Elanna Yalow, Chief Academic Officer of KinderCare Education, spoke with Bernard Bailey, CED President, about the critical components of high-quality early learning experiences and how parents can be confident that they are select...

The Critical Components of High-Quality Early Childhood Learning Experiences or Why High-Quality Early Childhood Learning Experiences Matter

November 15, 2019 21:26 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB

Research shows that early learning (from birth to 5) not only supports children’s success in school, but it also impacts a child’s future earnings, workplace productivity, and has long-term health benefits as well as multi-generational benefits. In this episode, Elanna Yalow, Chief Academic Officer of KinderCare Education, spoke with Bernard Bailey, CED President, about the critical components of high-quality early learning experiences and how parents can be confident that they are select...

Early Childhood Education is a National Security Issue

October 28, 2019 21:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MB

In this episode, Mike Petters, President and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), discussed with CED President Bernard Bailey why early childhood education is vital to national security. “Nothing is more important than to ensure that our children will thrive in a rapidly changing world. I don’t just believe early childhood education in America is a national security issue. I believe it is the national security issue,” Petters wrote in an op-ed in February 2019. Seeing a direct link...

Strengthening the American Workforce: Women in Computing and Technology Careers

September 20, 2019 15:05 - 37 minutes - 34 MB

Despite past and projected rapid growth in computing-related job openings, women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of computing and technology. In the face of increasing global competition, as the US seeks to bolster the strength, skills, and size of its labor force, helping more women to pursue and advance in careers in tech could be a critical component of a modern workforce strategy. Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NC...

Smart Regulation: Financial Services

September 13, 2019 15:28 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MB

Hollis Hart is President (Retired), International Franchise Management of Citi and co-author of the book Smart Regulation: Changing Speed Bumps into Guardrails. The book explains how sound bipartisan policy can yield both faster economic growth and greater security for consumers. In this episode, CED host Joseph Minarik, also a co-author of the book, talked with Hart about the role of regulation in the financial industry, and how smart regulation can produce economic benefits from Main Stre...

What is Smart Regulation and How to Achieve it

September 13, 2019 15:16 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Michael Archbold is Chief Executive Officer (Retired) of GNC Holdings, Inc. and co-author of the book Smart Regulation: Changing Speed Bumps into Guardrails. The book explains how sound bipartisan policy can yield both faster economic growth and greater security for consumers. In this episode, CED host Joseph Minarik, also a co-author of the book, talked with Archbold about what smart regulation is and how to achieve it through bipartisan policies. Archbold discussed the history and develop...

Educating the Whole Child

July 11, 2019 14:08 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

What is the “Whole Child” educational approach and what role can business leaders play as a stakeholder in education? This is the focus of discussion in the first episode of CED’s special series about early childhood education. Kai-leé Berke from Teaching Strategies explains that a whole child approach transitions away from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that incorporates a broader view of the skills and knowledge that all children must develop to achieve long-term s...

How Should Policymakers Think About Technological Change?

May 10, 2019 13:48 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

Ongoing changes in the technological landscape will likely create significant opportunities and new risks for the US economy and be a core feature of international economic competition in the years ahead. How should policymakers seek to frame and understand this challenge? Matthew Shapiro, founder of MacroTessera and a Senior Advisor at Oxford Analytica, joins Devin O’Connor to share insights on this critical issue.

Where does the US government get its money?

February 08, 2019 17:00 - 26 minutes - 49.1 MB

Part 4 of CED's Debt 101 series sheds light on the government's revenue system. Caroline Ferguson sits down with Joe Minarik to answer the question, "Where does the US government get its money?"

The Business and Economic Implications of a Government Shutdown

January 25, 2019 17:00 - 26 minutes - 48.3 MB

The recent government shutdown was the longest in history. CED's Mike Petro, Joe Minarik, and Devin O'Connor sit down to discuss the various business and economic implications – both expected and unexpected.

Debt 101: How Healthcare Contributes

November 02, 2018 19:24 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

The national debt is growing by the minute, but why is it out of control? Debt 101 is a mini-series featuring a policy expert and a millennial discussing the nation's mounting debt. Why is healthcare a major contributor to America's federal budget?

Should Boards & C-Suites Increase Gender Diversity?

September 28, 2018 19:34 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MB

What has to be done to increase gender diversity in corporate America and can it benefit the bottom line? Janice Ellig, CEO of the Ellig Group, joins Mike Petro to examine what can and can't work to increase the number of women in corporate leadership.

Does America Have an Immigration Problem?

September 14, 2018 21:59 - 33 minutes - 47.2 MB

Countless people seem polarized on the topic of immigration. Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President at the CED, and Lance Jackson, Senior Historian at TrueChat, join Justin T. Weller to break down this divisive issue.

Taking The Cronyism Out Of Capitalism

July 27, 2018 21:09 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MB

Steve Odland, CEO of The Committee For Economic Development, is joined by Bernard Bailey to discuss the adverse effects of crony capitalism and what we, as a nation, must do to combat them.

How to Help Skilled Workers Reenter the Workforce

July 06, 2018 20:40 - 14 minutes - 21.2 MB

What needs to be done to improve the workforce? One place to start is with getting skilled workers back into the labor market. Monica Herk, Vice President of Education Research helps explain the issue.

Why Should You Care About the National Debt?

June 08, 2018 21:59 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MB

Is the national debt something that will affect you? Joel Myers, President and Chairman of the Board of AccuWeather, joins Joe Minarik to share his insight on this critical issue.

One Way to Fix Early Childhood Education

May 25, 2018 21:42 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MB

Early learning is critical to the United States economy and Louisiana has addressed the challenges of education in a unique way. What can you do to make a difference in your state?

How Does the National Debt Affect You?

May 11, 2018 22:00 - 21 minutes - 28.8 MB

The national debt is rapidly increasing, but what does that mean for you? Joe Minarik, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Committee for Economic Development (CED) sits down with Caroline Ferguson, researcher at CED, to discuss what the looming national debt means and how it will affect future generations.

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