FasterCures wants President-elect Donald Trump to be ready to address biomedical innovation on day one. Biomedical innovation is vital to America's health and economic well-being. However, these benefits, and U.S. leadership in the life...

To ensure that everyone in our great country has the opportunity for a prosperous life, there are a few important things that matter, and one of them is health. Good health is critical, and the ability to maximize healthy life years is a...

In 2016, the Milken Institute launched New-to-Export 101, a program designed to increase the number of local manufacturers exporting their products abroad by simplifying the export experience and improving the delivery of export-enabling...

LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, October 30, 2018—The impact of obesity and overweight on the U.S. economy has eclipsed $1.7 trillion, an amount equivalent to 9.3 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, according to a new Milken Institute...

This study calculates the prevalence and economic effects of diseases related to obesity and overweight in the United States. These costs are paid by individuals and their households, employers, government, and society. The prevalence of...

Americans' chronic health problems and diseases not only come at the expense of individuals well-being, they also constitute a massive burden on the U.S. economy. When including the costs of lost economic productivity, the total costs of...

LOS ANGELES, August 7, 2018 – The challenge of fixing America’s deteriorating infrastructure and making it more resilient to the effects of extreme weather and climate change underscores the need for a more robust green bond market...

WASHINGTON, August 3, 2018—Aron Betru, managing director of the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets and Jackson Mueller, associate director of the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets and head of the FinTech program...

The Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities U.S. index provides a way to measure which American metropolitan areas offer the greatest opportunities for prosperity and innovation across the nation. The BPC index measures each metro area’s...

The Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities U.S. index provides a way to measure which American metros offer the greatest opportunities for prosperity and innovation across the nation. The index measures metropolitan areas economic...