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Reinvigorating the Career Pathways for Veterans

For the past decade, veterans in the United States workforce have struggled with issues of underemployment and their ability to effectively utilize their training. However, one area in which they have been able to reliably count on is their...
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Kevin Klowden

Formerly Milken Institute
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Weather and Waste: Rethinking Small Business Support Following a Natural Disaster

As of November 1, 2024, one each of 24 confirmed weather-related disasters in the United States caused damage associated with losses exceeding $1 billion. The year was one of the costliest since 1980. Nationally, the annual number of...
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Kristen Fanarakis

Associate Director, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth
Kristen Fanarakis leads the small business, entrepreneurship, and economic growth initiative within the Milken Institute’s Finance pillar. She focuses on macroeconomic and systemic trends affecting American small businesses and startups, and their implications for the economy and innovation.
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