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	Paul Romer: New Exclusive A globally recognized, revolutionary economist and policy entrepreneur, Paul Romer, is a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and University Professor in Economics at NYU. He has spent his unparalleled career at the intersection of economics, innovation, technology, and urbanization, working to understand and analyze the world through an economist’s lens in order to accelerate human progress. Learn more
	The Honorable Sheila Bair: Why The Fed Is Right To Step In And Finally Make Real-Time Payments Happen With its recent proposal to create a new global cryptocurrency called “Libra,” Facebook (FB) saw a market opportunity to provide a faster way to process payments.Anyone who has ever waited for a check to clear knows that process can take days. While the need for faster payments is real, Facebook’s ambition met with a firestorm of resistance primarily because few trust it to be a responsible steward of such an important financial function Learn more
	Niall Ferguson: Predicting A Recession? Might As Well Predict The Weather “How would you like to pay for that, sir?” For most of my lifetime, there have been three possible answers to that question: cash, a cheque or a plastic card. Go to Beijing, however, and you will see few transactions in those forms. People pay with their phones, using systems created by the two biggest Chinese tech companies, Alibaba and Tencent. Learn more
	Dr. Sanjay Gupta: We Are In An Age Of Wisdom, But Also An Age Of Foolishness When we released “Weed” in 2013, few people had ever heard of cannabidiol, or CBD. Now, two-thirds of Americans are familiar with the compound, and 1 in 7 have tried it. Most of the country, 93%, are in favor of medical marijuana and hemp-derived CBD itself, which has less than 0.3% THC, has been legalized in every state involved. Learn more
	Jen Psaki: Greta Thunberg’s Unforgettable Message Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist, just reminded us all what exactly is at stake with the crisis of climate change. On Monday, she made the starkest argument yet for why addressing climate change is not just an issue millennial's vote on, presidential candidates should debate on or elected officials need to have a box checking plan on. It is an issue that future generations should not be burdened with solving alone. Learn more
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