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How Investors Can Shape AI for the Benefit of Workers
As the world of work is reshaped by AI, there are opportunities within the critical, fast-growing care sector to enable and support a workforce facing acute shortages.
Impact Investing - Articles
Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns (more)
SSIR Online, Spring 2024 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about DEI, impact investing, learning from failure, and generational conflict in social justice organizations.
Betting on Migration for Impact
Enabling people to move for opportunity should be an urgent priority for funders and social innovators who want to make a difference in global inequality.
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2023
Design thinking, narrative change, AI, impact investing, the future of philanthropy, and more.
Need a Boost? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2023
Innovation stories on leadership, philanthropy, education, gender equity, and grassroots movements that will leave you feeling hopeful.
Fixing Ed-Tech’s Investment Model
The sector currently suffers from a version of the classic “lemons problem.”
The Benefit Fund
The next step in impact investing is the Delaware statutory public benefit limited partnership, which provides clarity of definition, assuages fears of greenwashing, and harmonizes manager incentives with public good.
Investing in Enterprises That Work for Everyone
Impact investors can support a more just economy by prioritizing alternative ownership enterprises that shift power away from shareholders to workers, the community, and the planet.
When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption
Development philanthropists should focus on building the productive capacity of entire countries to achieve large-scale economic transformation, rather than enabling a few individuals to increase their consumption.
A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good
What’s the best way for small individual investors to generate returns and deliver impact? (Spoiler: It’s probably not an ESG fund.)