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Op-ed in The Hill from JFI experts on ‘the shape of guaranteed income’
NYU Professor Jonathan Morduch and JFI Director of Research Sidhya Balakrishnan co-authored a piece on the potential for guaranteed income...
JFI student debt research featured in Higher Ed Not Debt campaign
In a week-long virtual action on the Hill for student loan forgiveness, Higher Ed Not Debt coalition members utilized JFI...
JFI releases map of student debt disparities across congressional districts, states
Following last week’s release of student debt trends since 2009, JFI provides a comprehensive tool for congressional advocacy on the...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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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...
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.
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...
Announcement and Summary: 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
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
AméricaEconomía features JFI’s basic income research in Brazil
Lead Researcher in Guaranteed Income, Stephen Nuñez, and Paul Katz, VP of Special Projects spoke about basic income in...
Press Release: Announcing a Partnership between Robert Smith’s Student Freedom Initiative and the Jain Family Institute
JFI will offer design and analytics for Robert Smith’s major new nonprofit fund for historically Black colleges and universities
Phenomenal World publishes “Trade Wars are Class Wars” interview
Economists Michael Pettis and Matthew Klein in conversation with historian Adam Tooze on the groundbreaking new book, "Trade Wars are...
Press Release: City of Newark, JFI, and ESP release guaranteed income task force report
New task force report indicates a Newark guaranteed income pilot program would focus on residents facing housing insecurity.
JFI’s Paul Katz provides expertise on UBI for Latin America Advisor
JFI VP for Special Projects Paul Katz, who leads the qualitative study of our work on Maricá, Brazil's basic income...
Phenomenal World analysis of class politics in dollar hegemony features in Bloomberg Markets Odd Lots podcast
Yakov Feygin and Dominik Leusder's widely-read Phenomenal World analysis of "The Class Politics of the Dollar System" was featured for...
JFI’s Arden Ali presents on digital ethics to the American Bar Association
JFI Lead Researcher in Digital Ethics & Governance, Arden Ali, spoke on a panel for the ABA International Law Section, discussing...