News
New series: Mineral Wealth and Electrification
On the shifting map of natural resource wealth, and new possibilities for strategic development.
New Release: First paper from the Maricá Basic Income Evaluation
Diverse impacts of the largest basic income program in Latin America on socioeconomic outcomes; crisis response use-case
New Research: A Tale of Two Solar Technologies
On US solar panel tariff policy.
Now Hiring: Development and Strategic Partnership Lead
The Jain Family Institute (JFI) is seeking a Development Lead to build and direct our fundraising strategy.
JFI’s Tuesday Climate Week Event in Bloomberg Green
Join us September 24 at 4pm.
Nolan Lindquist speaks with Robert Eccles about ESG
On JFI's affiliate Center for Active Stewardship and trends in ESG investing.
New Research: Solar Power in the US
A scrutiny of the present and future of US solar power by JFI's FInancing the Energy Transition team.
Video: “What lessons can the EU take from the US Green New Deal?”
An Atlantic Council debrief with Carol Schaeffer and Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson.
HudsonUP Basic Income Pilot releases year three report
Qualitative interviews capture a comprehensive picture of the impact of a long-term guaranteed income pilot.
Press Release: Proxy Season 2024
Center for Active Stewardship releases report highlighting key corporate annual meetings for climate-focused investors.
New Report on Student Debt Cancellation; Coverage in Marketwatch
Marketwatch: "The analysis is the first to provide a sense of who has benefited from the $153 billion in debt cancellation...
Center for Active Stewardship’s Splice tool in the Financial Times
"The case against carbon emissions as a universal metric"
Center for Active Stewardship launches Splice, a tool for visualizing how a company’s greenhouse gas emissions change over time
"When it comes to emissions reporting, it’s important to be able to separate signal from noise. Initiatives to reduce...
ISA research cited by White House and others
This research formed part of a White House issue brief, "The Economics of Administration Action on Student Debt."
News Coverage of Phenomenal World’s Brazil Launch with Adam Tooze
Widespread coverage of Brazilian Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad's comments during the launch event.
New Research: Nuclear Power in the US
The first in a series from JFI's Financing the Energy Transition initiative.
Working Paper — Navigating Higher Education Insurance: An Experimental Study on Demand and Adverse Selection
A survey-based experiment in collaboration with the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.
Center for Active Stewardship in the Financial Times
Alphaville's Further Reading shares several posts by CAS executive director Nolan Lindquist.
Policy Brief: On the tax liability red herring currently influencing Congressional debates on the child tax credit
"If changes to the CTC must go to families who owe federal income taxes, it would prevent most low-income working...
Policy Brief: Responding to critics of the new Child Tax Credit proposal
Will the Child Tax Credit reforms disincentivize work? Evidence suggests it will not.
Policy brief: Analysis of the new Child Tax Credit proposal
Timely analysis of a Congressional proposal.
Sidhya Balakrishnan speaks to the Guardian on guaranteed income
On cash support in the Bay Area.
New Research in Millennial Student Debt: Relief for Borrowers with Negative Amortization
JFI's Higher Education Finance team publishes the first installment of part 14 of their flagship Millennial Student Debt research series.
Now hiring: Assistant Editor, Phenomenal World
Phenomenal World (PW) is seeking a part-time assistant editor to join its editorial team.