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15 JUNE 2021
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TranscriptHosted by The Conference Board President & CEO, Steve Odland, CEO Perspectives takes an objective, data-driven look at a range of business topics aimed at senior executives. Listeners will come away with what The Conference Board does best: Insights for What’s Ahead™.
In episode four, Steve sits down with Lori Esposito Murray, President of the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board, to discuss the benefits of capitalism and the challenges it faces. Topics include:
Founding principles: How has capitalism proven to be the most enduring economic system over time?
Upward mobility: Why does capitalism enable people from all rungs of the economic ladder to rise out of poverty and into prosperity?
Fundamental shifts: Can capitalism continue to thrive in the face of looming environmental, wealth, health, and generational crises?
The American Dream: As the US grapples with the challenges facing capitalism, why is it a system worth saving?
The role of business and policy: What role can the business and policy communities play in evolving capitalism into a more prosperous, sustainable model?
Other related content from The Conference Board:
Committee for Economic Development: Sustaining Capitalism Solutions Briefs
Are Apprenticeships the Key to Alleviating Talent Shortages? (Podcast, May 2021)
Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin on Women’s Participation in the Workforce (Podcast, May 2021)
CED Report: First Hundred Days Plan (Report, December 2020)
Meeting the Upskilling Challenge: Training in the Time of COVID-19 (Report, July 2020)
Please note: The name of this podcast series has been changed from C-Suite Perspectives to CEO Perspectives. You’ll still receive timely, valuable insights for what’s ahead—but with a greater emphasis on what matters most to your company’s top decisionmaker: the CEO.
C-Suite Perspectives is a series hosted by our President & CEO, Steve Odland. This weekly conversation takes an objective, data-driven look at a range of business topics aimed at executives. Listeners will come away with what The Conference Board does best: Trusted Insights for What’s Ahead®.
C-Suite Perspectives provides unique insights for C-Suite executives on timely topics that matter most to businesses as selected by The Conference Board. If you would like to suggest a guest for the podcast series, please email csuite.perspectives@conference-board.org. Note: As a non-profit organization under 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, The Conference Board cannot promote or offer marketing opportunities to for-profit entities.
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