JFI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit applied research organization founded in 2014 by Bobby Jain. Our mission is to apply the instruments and frameworks of finance to issues of global policy concern. Working to understand and coordinate international channels of state and private resources, we apply our data, modeling, and simulation tools to the biggest challenges of our time.
Announcing a New Initiative: Financing the Energy Transition
Launched in fall 2024, this initiative supports governments and investors around the globe with the technical assistance, modeling, and financial structuring needed for a just green transition. Find out more here. If you’re interested in working with us, please reach out to [email protected].
CURRENT INITIATIVES
OUR TOOLS
Our tools include models we’ve built for social wealth fund management, microsimulations for advising on tax policy, analysis of credit bureau data to understand the student debt crisis, and more.
RECENT UPDATES
Editorial: Proposing a Price Observatory in Brazil
Isabella Weber, Laura Carvalho, and JFI collaborate on a proposal to examine food price inflation
New Publication from the Compton Pledge: Insights for Tax Credit Policy Design
Lessons from an 800-family study in California.
Monetizing Primacy: A virtual panel with Karthik Sankaran, Brad Setser, and Mona Ali
On Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity.
Announcing the Center for Active Stewardship’s Proxy Voting Database
The first public database of proxy votes cast by U.S. asset managers
Now Hiring: Managing Editor, Phenomenal World
PW seeks a managing editor to manage the full scope of PW’s editorial workflow.
PHENOMENAL WORLD
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Phenomenal World is a publication focused on political economy. We aim to publish rigorous and innovative writing on economics, history, finance, policy, and politics. A publication of JFI, we explore political economy from a range of social scientific disciplines, and work with emerging and established scholars.
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