Economy

Shenzhen, Beijing round out top 3 larger cities, Dongguan tops list of smaller cities Milken Institute analysis shows that innovation, advanced technologies, and domestic consumption are key drivers of growth in China’s cities BEIJING...

Cities are ground zero for the demographic shift that is changing America and the world, and city leaders are just beginning to understand the promise of an engaged older population. The urban landscape already holds resources—human...

Dear Mr. Dinwiddie: The Milken Institute (the Institute) 1 appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Internal Revenue Service’s request for comment regarding the proposed Opportunity Zones regulations. 2 The Institute is a nonprofit...

Private-equity firms have become an increasingly important source of funds for financing US companies. Private-equity firms make investment decisions that can brighten or darken the economic outlook of the communities in which their...

“Ignoring the realities of the demographic shift under way is no longer an option” Paul Irving, chairman of the Milken Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging, is among a select group of authors whose work will be published in Harvard...

Twenty-six trillion dollars—that’s what the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has estimated that Asian countries will need to have cumulatively invested in infrastructure between 2017 and 2030 to maintain their respective rates of economic...

In the West, the Chinese word for “crisis” is often cited as the characters that signify “danger” and “opportunity.” While the original meaning of wēijī in the Chinese language is subtly different, the term has entered the Western...

Asia now stands at the center of a new era, in which economics and geopolitics are again becoming ever-more closely intertwined. The two have of course never been entirely separate. But, at its best, the US-led “rules-based order” between...

Asia’s growing economic power, growing consumer base, and digital innovations are redefining the region’s relationship with the rest of the world. While rising economic prosperity creates market opportunities for Asian businesses, new...

As the Asian manufacturing sector continues to experience a sustained contraction, it has become clear that their economies are heading towards the same postindustrial destination the West arrived at years ago. Services-sector growth across...