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Futurist Steve Case is a disruptive, visionary leader. Read his new book- Rise of the Rest. Steve is one of America's best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs, and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life.For the past 15 years, Steve's focus has been on starting and scaling Revolution, the Washington D.C.-based investment firm that now backs entrepreneurs at every stage of their development.Revolution Growth has invested nearly $1 billion in growth-stage companies including Sweetgreen, Tempus, Tala, DraftKings, and CLEAR. Revolution Ventures has backed more than two dozen venture-stage companies, including Framebridge, Policygenius, and Bloomscape. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund has invested in more than 200 startups in over 100 U.S. cities, in partnership with many of America's most successful entrepreneurs and investors.Steve's entrepreneurial career began in 1985 when he co-founded America Online (AOL). Under Steve's leadership, AOL became the world's largest and most valuable Internet company, helping to drive the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. AOL was the first Internet company to go public, and one of the best performing stocks of the 1990s, delivering a 11,616% return to shareholders. At its peak, nearly half of Internet users in the United States used AOL. In 2000, Steve negotiated the largest merger in business history, bringing together AOL and Time Warner in a transaction that gave AOL shareholders a majority stake in the combined company.To facilitate the merger, Steve agreed to step down as CEO when the merger closed.Steve's passion for helping entrepreneurs remains his driving force. He was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership—an effort launched at the White House in 2011 to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation.Steve was also the founding co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and a member of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship.Steve has been a leading voice in shaping government policy on issues related to entrepreneurship, working across the aisle to advance public policies that expand access to capital and talent. He was instrumental in passing the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act and the Investing in Opportunities Act, and is active in advocating on behalf of immigration reform and legislation that supports and accelerates the emergence of startup ecosystems in rising cities.Steve served as the Chair of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. In his role, Steve led the Board of Regents' efforts to increase the Institution's reach, impact and relevance.

**How are we doing?? Click ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠ to complete a brief, 2-minute survey.** I talk with Dr. Khizer Khaderi, neuro-ophthalmic surgeon, technologist, and futurist. We discuss his career path and how vision enhancement plays a role in sports, e-sports, and more. Dr. Khaderi is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University. Dr. Khaderi is the Director/Founder of the Stanford Human Perception Laboratory (HPL) and the Stanford Vision Performance Center (VPC). He also serves as faculty at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance (HPA). Dr. Khaderi is a renowned Neuro-Ophthalmic surgeon, technologist and futurist. His research interests include developing personalized human intelligent systems based on the human brain and sensory systems, developing technologies to optimize human performance, and combining biological and computational principles to expand our capabilities in research, clinical practice, and everyday life.  Selected as a “40 under 40”, he contributed to President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology regarding vision technology and the aging population. He also advises multiple companies, venture firms and organizations including the Global Esports Federation, Magic Leap, Riot Games, Intel, Activision, Unity, Epic Games, Google, FB, Microsoft, Apple, the World Health Organization, and the NBA.

On this episode, Jeff welcomes Rob Seamans, PhD, an Associate Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business. Rob is also the director of the Center for the Future of Management, and was previously the Senior Economist for technology and innovation on President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Rob's research focuses on how firms use technology in their strategic interactions with each other, and the economic consequences of AI, robotics, and other advanced technologies. Rob and Jeff explore the rapid adoption of AI, its economic implications, and the challenges it poses to organizations. Rob shares key findings on AI's impact, discusses cultural aspects, and addresses productivity gains, industry benefits, and how to foster inclusive AI-driven cultures. Listen in to discover strategies for addressing AI-related job-security concerns, reskilling the workforce, and ensuring ethical AI implementation with a focus on responsible design and policymaker involvement.

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Gordon Hanson and Harvard Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability James Stock say an important part of the green energy transition will be mitigating its effects on employment, both in the United States and overseas. Talking about the clean energy transition can conjure up images of commuters using sleek electric trains and electric cars powered by the sun and wind, and of workers with good-paying jobs installing the infrastructure of the future. But the outlook for communities that are economically tied to the fossil fuel economy that will be left behind isn't quite as sunny.  Stock is director of Harvard's Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, which brings together researchers from around the university to collaborate on climate solutions. Hanson is co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Project at the Kennedy School's Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy. They say making the green energy transition is urgent and vital, but to do it successfully will mean planning a different sort of transition for almost a million workers in just the American fossil fuel extraction and refining industries alone—not to mention millions of workers further up the fossil fuel ecosystem. Thanks to previous economic shocks like globalization, automation, and the decline of the coal industry, we've seen first-hand the devastation that large-scale job loss can wreak on one-industry cities and company towns. Hanson and Stock say harnessing the lessons from those prior transitions can help power a future that's both green and inclusively prosperous.Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is also Chair of the Social and Urban Policy Area at HKS, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Hanson received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1992 and his BA in economics from Occidental College in 1986. Prior to joining Harvard in 2020, he held the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at UC San Diego, where he was founding director of the Center on Global Transformation. In his scholarship, Hanson studies the labor market consequences of globalization. He has published extensively in top economics journals, is widely cited for his research by scholars from across the social sciences and is frequently quoted in major media outlets. Hanson's current research addresses how the China trade shock has affected US local labor markets, the causes and consequences of international migration, and the origins of regional economic divides.James H. Stock is Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University; the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School. His current research includes energy and environmental economics with a focus on fuels and on U.S. climate change policy. He is co-author, with Mark Watson, of a leading undergraduate econometrics textbook. In 2013-2014 he served as Member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, where his portfolio included macroeconomics and energy and environmental policy. He was Chair of the Harvard Economics Department from 2007-2009. He holds a M.S. in statistics and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.Ralph Ranalli of the HKS Office of Public Affairs and Communications is the host, producer, and editor of HKS PolicyCast. A former journalist, public television producer, and entrepreneur, he holds an AB in Political Science from UCLA and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.The co-producer of PolicyCast is Susan Hughes. Design and graphics support is provided by Lydia Rosenberg, Delane Meadows and the OCPA Design Team. Social media promotion and support is provided by Natalie Montaner and the OCPA Digital Team. 

In this episode of The American Dream Factory, Nick Smoot interviews Steve Case. He is the visionary behind and the world changing company, America Online. Steve kindly joined some off the community from across the United States for an online live Q and A. In this conversation we discuss how to be a visionary, building companies, mentorship, self talk, and life purpose. For more information about Rise of the Rest visit https://revolution.com/entity/rotr/ . For more information about Aesop Industries and our other companies visit InnovationCollective.co About Steve: Steve Case is one of America's best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.- based investment firm he co-founded in 2005, where he partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build significant “built to last” new businesses. The mission is to establish Revolution as the premier firm outside of Silicon Valley. Steve's entrepreneurial career began in 1985 when he co-founded America Online (AOL). Under Steve's leadership, AOL became the world's largest and most valuable Internet company, driving the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. AOL was the first Internet company to go public and among the best performing stocks of the 1990s, delivering an 11,616% return to shareholders. Steve also ensured that AOL led the industry on issues such as making the Internet a safe place for children, bridging the “digital divide” and investing in online philanthropy. At its peak, nearly half of Internet users in the United States used AOL. In 2000, Steve negotiated the largest merger in business history, bringing together AOL and Time Warner in a transaction that gave AOL shareholders a majority stake in the combined company. To facilitate the merger, Steve agreed to step down as CEO when the merger closed. Steve's passion for helping entrepreneurs remains his driving force. He was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership—an effort launched at the White House to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation. He is also a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, was the founding co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship and a member of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship. Steve is a leading voice in shaping government policy on issues related to entrepreneurship, working across the aisle to advance public policies that expand access to capital and talent. In 2010, Steve and his wife, Jean Case, joined The Giving Pledge and publicly reaffirmed their commitment to give away the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes. Steve was born and raised in Hawaii and retains active ties to his home state, but has lived in the Washington, D.C. area for more than 25 years. About Nick: Nick Smoot is the founder of Aesop Industries; a family of 4 companies focused on human flourishing by developing entrepreneurial and startup communities. Smoot developed a method for growing the startup tech scene in overlooked America while connecting large venture capitalists, national labs, and publicly traded corporations to the small market innovations. This led him to develop a multiple programs and tools for surfacing high value innovation in small town markets. Most important it built a stronger and healthier community alongside the stronger economy.

Safi Bahcall is going to come across pretty quickly as someone who is bright. Sharp. Smart. Intelligent. He went to Harvard for undergrad and then went on to get a PhD in Physics from Stanford. He's an academic, a researcher; someone who loves studying science. After he finished up his education, he went on to work for 3 years as a consultant for McKinsey. He then co-founded a bio-technology company where they develop new drugs for cancer treatment. He led their IPO and served as their CEO for many years. In 2008 he was named Ernst & Young New England Bio-Technology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with President Obama's Council of Science Advisors on the Future of National Research. In other words, it's not just you or me that's going to notice Safi's intelligence. His book, Loonshots, which is his first book, has been translated into 21 languages and was selected as a Best Business Book of the Year by Amazon, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, and more. Today, Safi advises CEO's and leadership teams on strategy and innovation, and has delivered keynote presentations at industry conferences, investor events, leadership retreats, medical meetings, and leading academic institutions around the world. Today's conversation we dive into his work, but we also get into his mindset and how he thinks about leadership and how he thinks about invention and innovation. And certainly, he admires people that have come before him, but Safi himself is often thinking about new ways of innovating, new ways of thinking. He loves to try to think about not just how he sees the world, but how people around him see the world and how we can make teams and organizations and groups better instead of just thinking about what's convenient for ourselves. This is an idea that is at the core of his book Loonshots. The book is a lot about learning empathy, learning how to listen, learning how to read a room and read an organization, and then figure out how you can collaborate and work together to make really big things happen.   Safi had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “You need to be trying a lot of things and failing” (8:30). “Artists are the people who we want to take risks and explore the unknown” (10:55). “The confusion is when you assume artists and innovators are the same” (12:30). “If you're in the managing or leadership position, the number one thing you have to remember is that you're always signaling. Everybody is watching your face constantly” (21:05). “If you favor one side over the other, you're going to sink the ship” (21:30). “You've got to respect both your creative artist scientist-types, your innovators, and your soldiers. And you've got to manage them differently” (26:50). “When you're in artist mode, if you're not failing, if you're not trying and things don't work, you're not pushing yourself enough” (28:10). “Art and science are connected by purpose. The purpose of art is the pursuit of beauty, the purpose of science is the pursuit of truth, and they're very close. There's beauty in truth and there's truth in beauty” (30:15). “[To cultivate curiosity in people], just keep asking why” (32:30). “I don't focus on what did you learn. I focus on what did you ask” (33:20). “What you want to cultivate in yourself and in your kids, if you're raising kids, is asking good questions” (33:30). “The guy with the initial idea is the guy getting the ball from his own goal line to his own five-yard line” (43:00). “What separates the real innovators is how they go about it. Do they keep asking why?” (45:30). “They have courage, curiosity, and commitment. Those are the 3 C's that I've seen across people who are really good at innovating” (46:15). “I had very little idea what I was going to be writing about when I started writing Loonshots” (52:30). “Commit to running an experiment a day” (54:30). “Just using the word ‘experiment' gives you permission to fail” (54:45). “Write FBR early on. Fast, bad, and wrong” (55:45). “That's the key: if and when you're stuck, it's to develop a personal cookie jar… your cookie jar is where you reach into when you're struggling” (1:03:05).   Additionally, you can find Safi's website here and connect with him on LinkedIn. Thank you so much to Safi for coming on the podcast! I wrote a book called “Shift Your Mind” that was released in October of 2020, and you can order it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, I have launched a company called Strong Skills, and I encourage you to check out our new website https://www.strongskills.co/. If you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter: @brianlevenson or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers. Thanks for listening.

Steve and Brandon talk about the early days at AOL, entrepreneurship in America and the exciting entrepreneurs he met in his Rise of the Rest tour across the United States.About Steve CaseSteve Case is one of America's best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life.  Case co-founded AOL in 1985 and under his leadership and vision, AOL became the largest and most valuable Internet company, driving the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. Case is Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.- based investment firm that backs entrepreneurs at every stage of their development. Revolution Growth has invested nearly $1 billion in growth-stage companies including Sweetgreen, Tempus, DraftKings, and Clear. Revolution Ventures has backed more than two dozen venture-stage companies, including Framebridge and PolicyGenius. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund has invested in more than 200 startups in over 100 U.S. cities, in partnership with many of America's most successful entrepreneurs and investors.  Steve's passion for helping entrepreneurs remains his driving force. Recently named co-chair of the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Council will advise on the development of a National Entrepreneurship Strategy and continue to support policies that will ensure America's competitiveness globally. In 2011, he was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership—an effort launched at the White House to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation—and member of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship. He is also the author of the forthcoming book Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream, and the New York Times bestselling book The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future.EPISODE LINKSRise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American DreamBest price on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3WVUTlyThe Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the FutureBest price on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QeDan4CONNECT WITH USClaim Your Spot to Receive the EDGE's Weekly Email Newsletter. It's FREE! Weekly insights and updates giving you an edge to get the most out of your time, talent and ideas. Over 17,200 listeners and counting!--> https://edge.ck.page/bea5b3fda6A top podc Other Great Podcasts From the Best Podcasts NetworkOn Business Podcast On Business Podcast is an unscripted, brutally honest, candid, sometimes ugly, conversation about running businesses & successful companies, for aspiring entrepreneurs, current startups, or experienced business owners looking to elevate their business. https://OnBusinessPodcast.comMARKETING PodcastThe MARKETING podcast brings you marketing science, case studies that reveal successful marketing techniques and teach strategic marketing analysis where we model the data and turn it into financial forecasts so you have predictable revenue.Brandon can't promise you instant marketing success after each episode. But...he guarantees that you will find each MARKETING episode always reliable, always actionable, and always useful for your marketing efforts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing/id1653276478

Europe is cracking down on Russian oil and Poland is now backing a policy that should radically reduce the income Moscow gets from its oil. So how is it going to work? The US jobs market stays strong - but what about all the Americans still staying at home because of long Covid? Also on the programme, the right wing talk show host Alex Jones files for bankrutpcy as he faces paying more than a billion dollars in damages. Plus - 30 years after the first text message - how a few short words have changed all our lives Roger Hearing is joined throughout the programme by Peter Ryan, ABC Australia senior business correspondent - who's in Sydney, and Betsey Stevenson, former Member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers & Chief Economist at the US Labour department, now professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. She joins from Ann Arbor. (Picture: Drilling rig and support vessel on offshore area; Credit: Getty Images)

On today's episode of Free Range, Livermore is joined by Michael Greenstone, the Milton Freedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the Director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. He served as the Chief Economist for President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors and has worked for decades engaged in research and policy development on environmental issues. Livermore and Greenstone begin by discussion the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act and their policy implications (0:47-4:47) Greenstone offers his take on what the IRA means (if anything) concerning the role of economists in debates over climate policy (4:48-8:49) and the two discuss the relationship between energy prices and politics. (8:50-14:10) Livermore and Greenstone agree that transparency of pricing mechanisms can be both a feature and a bug. Greenstone mentions that while the US is viewed as a free market place, our instinct is to approach the situation as engineers. (14:11-20:20) He then offers thoughts on why the engineering approach won out in the IRA. (20:21 - 25:34) The two discuss the factors that helped lead to lower technology costs green cleaner energy sources, which helped pave the way for the IRA. (25:35-28:12) The sulfur dioxide trading mechanism in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments is a classic example of policy that promoted low cost emissions reductions; R&D funding is another area where government is justified. (28:13-30:24) The two turn to the question of economic forecasting in climate debates. (30:25-34:17) Greenstone discusses the work of the Climate Impact Lab, which he directs, which is improving estimates of climate damages and the social cost of carbon. (34:18-40:55) The two discuss the role of adaptation in climate damage estimates (40:56-47:05) and the role of distributional analysis. (47:06-51:15) The two then discuss an alternative to the social cost of carbon that is based on “marginal abatement costs” associated with achieving a given climate goal. (51:16-57:11) To conclude, Livermore asks about the potential path forward for global cooperation on climate change. For Greenstone, he focuses on areas of policy that he can influence, and in particular on driving down the difference (delta) between the private cost of clean energy and dirty energy and looking for opportunities to leverage our policies for reductions elsewhere in the world. (57:12-59:36)

Today's guest, Dan Barber, is known as the “philosopher chef.” He's the author of The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food and leads Blue Hill at Stone Barns, his family-run restaurant at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a multipurpose non-profit organic farm and education center set on a 1920's Rockefeller estate outside of Tarrytown, New York. Another Barber project is Row 7 Seeds, a vegetable seed company that breeds new varieties for flavor. Chef Barber has given TED talks and written opinion pieces for the New York Times and The Guardian; has served on President Obama's Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition; and received multiple James Beard awards, including Best Chef: New York City and America's Outstanding Chef. He's even been previously named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. Also on today's program, The Green Dream's literary critic Hermione Hoby returns, with a review of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, a new book by the Pulitzer-prize winning Atlantic magazine writer Ed Yong. Read the transcript of this episodeGet to know Dana Thomas and her book FashionopolisLearn more about Chef Dan Barber and Blue Hill Stone BarnsExplore the work of Hermione HobyRead more about Ed YongDiscover the fashion brand Another Tomorrow

Today, we will be learning about genetics and evolution with Professor Barbara Schaal, evolutionary biologist and the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor in Arts and Sciences at WashU. A pioneer in the field of plant evolution, she was one of the first to apply molecular genetic techniques to understanding evolutionary processes. Professor Schaal has served as president of the Botanical Society of America, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has also served as vice president of the US National Academy of Sciences and as a member of President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, as well as received the National Science Board Public Service Award in 2019 for her work in national science policy and education.

If it weren't for Steve Case, the internet may never have become part of our everyday lives. He is the co-founder of AOL, after all. But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Steve's search for excellence. As one of the most important entrepreneurs in the last hundred years, Steve is driven by a mission to create entrepreneurial opportunities in surprising places as a means to close the opportunity gap. Since 2003, he's invested in more than 500 companies and his contributions have influenced the lives of hundreds of millions of people, if not billions of people around the world. In this episode, Randall and Steve discuss whether someone can learn to be an entrepreneur or does they have to be born with the gene, the importance of failure and our ability to overcome it, the role entrepreneurs play in creating jobs, why innovation is key when starting a company, and so much more.Topics include: -The digital revolution-Raising venture capital-Establishing partnerships-The Attacker/Defender dynamic-Characteristics of great entrepreneurs-Closing the opportunity gap-How to identify promising entrepreneurs-Mistakes to avoid when looking for funding-Philanthropy and The Giving PledgeSteve Case is one of America's best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life. Steve's entrepreneurial career began in 1985 when he co-founded America Online (AOL). Under Steve's leadership, AOL became the world's largest and most valuable Internet company, driving the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. At its peak, nearly half of Internet users in the United States used AOL. In 2000, Steve negotiated the largest merger in business history, bringing together AOL and Time Warner in a transaction that gave AOL shareholders a majority stake in the combined company. To facilitate the merger, Steve agreed to step down as CEO when the merger closed. Steve now serves as Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.- based investment firm he co-founded in 2005, where he partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build significant “built to last” new businesses. Steve's passion for helping entrepreneurs remains his driving force. He was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership—an effort launched at the White House to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation. He is also a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, was the founding co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship and a member of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship. Books mentioned:The Rise of the Rest, by Steve Case: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982191848?tag=simonsayscomThe Third Wave, by Steve Case:https://www.amazon.com/Third-Wave-Entrepreneurs-Vision-Future/dp/1501132598The Third Wave, by Alvin Toffler:https://www.amazon.com/Third-Wave-Alvin-Toffler/dp/0553246984

The U.S. dollar is a refuge at times of uncertainty – and in these uncertain times, the dollar is at its strongest point since the mid-1980s. This presents problems. Commodities like oil and wheat, which are priced in dollars, become more expensive in terms of euros, yen, or pesos, fueling inflation, and reducing people's purchasing power. Additionally, dollar-denominated debt of emerging market and developing countries becomes harder to repay as the dollar strengthens. In the face of these challenges, what would be appropriate policy responses by countries whose currencies are weakening? And by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury? Professor Maurice Obstfeld, widely recognized as a preeminent expert on the world economy, addresses these questions, and others, in this EconoFact Chats episode. Maury is a Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. He served as the Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as a Member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

If it weren't for Steve Case, the internet may never have become part of our everyday lives. He is the co-founder of AOL, after all. But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Steve's search for excellence. As one of the most important entrepreneurs in the last hundred years, Steve is driven by a mission to create entrepreneurial opportunities in surprising places as a means to close the opportunity gap. Since 2003, he's invested in more than 500 companies and his contributions have influenced the lives of hundreds of millions of people, if not billions of people around the world. In this episode, Randall and Steve discuss whether someone can learn to be an entrepreneur or does they have to be born with the gene, the importance of failure and our ability to overcome it, the role entrepreneurs play in creating jobs, why innovation is key when starting a company, and so much more.Topics include: -The digital revolution-Raising venture capital-Establishing partnerships-The Attacker/Defender dynamic-Characteristics of great entrepreneurs-Closing the opportunity gap-How to identify promising entrepreneurs-Mistakes to avoid when looking for funding-Philanthropy and The Giving PledgeSteve Case is one of America's best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life. Steve's entrepreneurial career began in 1985 when he co-founded America Online (AOL). Under Steve's leadership, AOL became the world's largest and most valuable Internet company, driving the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. At its peak, nearly half of Internet users in the United States used AOL. In 2000, Steve negotiated the largest merger in business history, bringing together AOL and Time Warner in a transaction that gave AOL shareholders a majority stake in the combined company. To facilitate the merger, Steve agreed to step down as CEO when the merger closed. Steve now serves as Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.- based investment firm he co-founded in 2005, where he partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build significant “built to last” new businesses. Steve's passion for helping entrepreneurs remains his driving force. He was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership—an effort launched at the White House to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation. He is also a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, was the founding co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship and a member of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship. Books mentioned:The Rise of the Rest, by Steve Case: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1982191848?tag=simonsayscomThe Third Wave, by Steve Case:https://www.amazon.com/Third-Wave-Entrepreneurs-Vision-Future/dp/1501132598The Third Wave, by Alvin Toffler:https://www.amazon.com/Third-Wave-Alvin-Toffler/dp/0553246984

At this year's Jackson Hole meeting Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell has assured the U.S. that the central bank will continue hiking interest rates to ease inflation, even if it prompts an economic slowdown. Jason Furman, former chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors and a speaker at that same Jackson Hole meeting, discusses the various players working to lower inflation: the Fed, the Biden Administration, and Congress. Furman and Steve Liesman consider the labor market and the student loan forgiveness plan that's concerned many investors. Next week kicks off one of New York's biggest sporting events, the US Open. USTA CEO Lew Sherr discusses the players hitting the tennis court and the ones sitting out. Plus, CNBC's Courtney Reagan reports on the “lipstick indicator,”  the metaverse is getting a few updates from Williams Sonoma and from Mark Zuckerberg.  In this episode: Jason Furman, @jasonfurmanLew Sherr, @ustaCourtney Reagan, @CourtReaganSteve Liesman, @SteveLiesmanBecky Quick @BeckyQuickJoe Kernen, @JoeSquawkCameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

This week on Facing the Future, we discuss the outlook for inflation with Jason Furman, who chaired President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors and is now a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Jason's op-ed, "Four Reasons to Keep Worrying About Inflation" was published last week in the Wall Street Journal

This week on Facing the Future, we discuss the outlook for inflation with Jason Furman, who chaired President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors and is now a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Jason's op-ed, "Four Reasons to Keep Worrying About Inflation" was published last week in the Wall Street Journal

Many of the financial risks that will arise from the transition towards a net-zero economy will be determined by what climate-related policies are enacted, the speed with which policymakers act, and how the economy evolves in response to these policies. Given economics' critical role in policymaking, the economist's perspective on climate change provides insights into how these policy options might evolve, helping risk professionals to better identify and assess financial risks associated with the transition to net-zero. So, today's episode will explore: How economics shapes climate policy, and how climate policymaking shapes the economy How well climate change is incorporated into economists' thinking, models, and policymaking guidance How economics needs to evolve to fully address the risks from climate change Links from today's discussion: Harvard University's interdisciplinary approach to climate change: https://climatechange.environment.harvard.edu/home#section3  Keep Climate Policy Focused on The Social Cost of Carbon - Jim's article on the ‘social cost of carbon' vs. ‘cost-effectiveness' approaches: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi7813  The United States' Renewable Fuel Standard Program: https://www.epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program/overview-renewable-fuel-standard  For more information on climate risk, visit GARP's Climate Resources Hub: https://climate.garp.org/  If you have any questions, thoughts or feedback regarding this podcast series, we would love to hear from you at: climateriskpodcast@garp.com  ------------------ Jim Stock, Professor of Political Economy and Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University Jim's current research includes energy and environmental economics with a focus on fuels and on US climate change policy. From 2013-2014, Jim served as a Member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, where his portfolio included macroeconomics and energy, and environmental policy. From 2007-2009, he was Chair of the Harvard Economics Department, and he holds a Doctorate in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard Ingersoll is the leading expert on America's teaching force. He examines teaching as a job, teachers as employees, and schools as workplaces. He frequently presents information to policymakers at the national, state, and local levels. Richard's research is internationally recognised; he was cited by President Clinton in a number of speeches announcing his teacher recruitment and training initiatives, and President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He has published over 100 articles, reports, chapters, and essays on topics such as the management and organization of schools; accountability and control in schools; and teacher supply, demand, shortages, and turnover.  In this wide-ranging discussion, we talked about many things, including:  Why authors John Goldsworthy and Kingsley William Amis have had such an impact on his life.  Why he believes that there isn't a teacher shortage in America, rather it is a retention and turnover issue.  The importance of challenging convention and assumptions with empirical and quantifiable data.  The role of management, organizational and school culture Professor Ingersol was a delight to interview and his body and scope of works are simply breathtaking. I hope that you get as much out of this discussion that I did. The Art of Teaching Podcast resources:  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/artofteaching Here is the link to the show notes: https://theartofteachingpodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartofteachingpodcast/ New Teacher Resources:  Website: https://imanewteacher.com/ Twitter: @Imanewteacher Instagram: @Imanewteacher    

This is a strange moment in the economy. Wages are up, but so is inflation. Jobs are growing, but maybe not fast enough. Quit rates are at a 21st-century high. It isn't clear what's a trend, what's a blip, what's a transition and what's now normal. And all this as the virus continues to stalk us and we process the trauma of the last 18 months.“We all will have various times in our life where we'll stop and say, ‘Whoa — am I going in the right direction? Is this the right occupation for me? Should I do something differently?'” says Betsey Stevenson. “But I can't think of any other time when it's been a correlated shock across the entire country, where we've all been faced — no, forced — to ask questions.”Stevenson is an economist, and a highly accomplished one at that. She served as the chief economist of Barack Obama's Department of Labor and later a member of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. Now she's a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, as well as co-host of the podcast “Think Like an Economist.” She has a rare talent to blend a rigorous approach to labor market economics with a recognition that people — our psychologies and fears and dreams — matter, and they shape our economic decisions. Particularly now.So I invited Stevenson on the show to discuss the big picture of what's happening right now in the U.S. economy — wages, employment, inflation and the animal spirits driving much of it. She didn't disappoint. I came away from this conversation far less confused than when I walked into it.Mentioned in this episode: “The Jobs Report Takeaway: A Huge Reallocation of People and Work Is Underway” by Betsey Stevenson “Examining the uneven and hard-to-predict labor market recovery” by Lauren Bauer, Arindrajit Dube, Wendy Edelberg, and Aaron Sojourner“Why we got more inflation than I expected” by Matt Yglesias“Do Hiring Headaches Imply a Labor Shortage?” by Paul KrugmanRecommendations: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Undercover Economist Strikes Back by Tim Hartford Career and Family by Claudia GoldinIf you enjoyed this episode, check out our previous podcast “Employers Are Begging for Workers. Maybe That's a Good Thing” with Cornell political scientist Jamila Michener You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of "The Ezra Klein Show" at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein.Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld, audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Special thanks to Kristin Lin.

Cecilia Rouse is the first Black woman to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, a White House think tank, of sorts, on economic policy. Yes, she has an impressive background — dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.  But her mandate seems near impossible. She's been charged by President Biden to steer the nation out of the economic wreckage from the pandemic with equitable policies for all races — all at a time when the Black community has been hit harder than most. Mary C. Curtis speaks one-on-one with Cecilia Rouse.

Cecilia Rouse is the first Black woman to chair theCouncil of Economic Advisers, a White House think tank, of sorts, on economic policy. Yes, she has an impressive background — dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a member of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.  But her mandate seems near impossible. She's been charged by President Biden to steer the nation out of the economic wreckage from the pandemic with equitable policies for all races — all at a time when the Black community has been hit harder than most. Mary C. Curtis speaks one-on-one with Cecilia Rouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Jacobson is a political strategist who has been working in politics for more than seven years.  This includes electoral work, lobbying and government experience.  He has been involved with the AFL-CIO, President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors, Senators Ron Wyden and Barbara Boxer as well Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.  In case you haven't guessed yet, Joe is a Democrat.  He is also the founder of the Progress Action Fund and the Sedition Caucus PAC.   This political action committee was created after Joe witnessed the insurrection on the Capitol which took place on January 6, 2021.    Like many of us, Joe was appalled at what he saw that day and in particular incensed by the actions of the Congressmen and Senators who challenged the certification of the electoral collage.        Some have tried to make the comparison to the challenges which happened in 2000 and 2004 by Democrats.  But let's be clear, it simply isn't.  In 2000 and 2004, Democrats who challenged the certification were concerned about voter suppression and if even all the votes had been counted.  Those who challenged the certification this year were trying to throw out legitimate votes which, if you ask me, may just be the most unAmerican thing a person can do. Which brings us to the 25th Congressional District's congressman, Mike Garcia.  Garcia has said in a statement he was appalled by what happened at the Capitol that day, yet even AFTER the insurrection took place-an incident inspired by the myth of election fraud by Donald Trump, Garcia STILL voted to challenge the certification process. Congressman Garcia has since stated in a letter published by The Signal that his decision to challenge the certification was not to stop Joe Biden but to question the legalityof the voting process of  two states.  This is incredibly ironic as Garica has identified himself as a states's rights person.  And, had he succeeded with his challenge, it would have thrown out millions of legal votes.   I can't help but wonder if Congressman Garcia would have challenged those votes if Donald Trump had won those states.  This is why Joe Jacobson and  the Sedition Caucus have taken an interest in the 25th Congressional District and Mike Garcia.  Having won on a razor thin margin in a district where Joe Biden won by 10 points, Garcia is definitely vulnerable and as Jacobson puts it Garcia needs to be held accountable for his actions.   Joe and I met last month to talk about the goals of the Sedition Caucus PAC and why they are targeting Garcia in particular.   Needless to say, he didn't mince any words.

Swarthmore College Men's Basketball alumnus Michael Greenstone, class of 1991, appeared on this week's episode of Then & Now to discuss his time at Swarthmore and his career in economics with host Brandon Hodnett. Greenstone was a 1,000-point scorer for Swarthmore Men's Basketball and earned his bachelor's with high honors in economics. He earned his PhD in economics from Princeton and is now the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, the College, and the Harris School, as well as the Director of the Becker Friedman Institute and the interdisciplinary Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. Greenstone previously served as the Chief Economist for President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, where he co-led the development of the United States government's social cost of carbon. His research has influenced policy globally and focuses largely on uncovering the benefits and costs of environmental quality and society's energy choices. In this episode, he recounted scoring his 1,000th point while being guarded by his brother, how Swarthmore encouraged his intellectual curiosity, how his Air Quality Life Index has helped visualize pollution's impact on life expectancy, and how he's currently studying COVID testing. Watch this interview on YouTube or Facebook or listen to it on your podcasting platform of choice. Help more people find this interview and more great content from Swarthmore Athletics by leaving a review, sharing this interview and by subscribing to our channels.

Dr. Christine Cassel, Presidential Chair in the Department of Medicine at UCSF, talks with Dr. Wachter about her career in healthcare and policy, including her burgeoning interests in new technologies and their impact on the practice of medicine. Cassel has had a storied career in a several areas in healthcare, including geriatrics, ethics, and health policy. She served as chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Mt. Sinai, the Dean at Oregon Health Sciences University, and the CEO of two major national organizations: the National Quality Forum and the American Board of Internal Medicine. While at ABIM, she launched campaigns to promote professionalism in medicine and cost consciousness (“Choosing Wisely”). Before coming to UCSF, she was the planning dean for Kaiser Permanente's new medical school in Southern California. She also served on President Obama's Council on Science and Technology. Series: "Women in Science" [Health and Medicine] [Business] [Show ID: 34468]