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Improving Social Services in an Era of Budget Cuts: Social Impact Bond Competition Gives Six States the Tools to Lead the Way

Kippy Joseph | Posted 06.12.2013 | Impact
Kippy Joseph

State and local governments deliver and fund many of the nation's most important social services -- educating our children, training our unemployed wo...

Is Betting on Ending Homelessness a Good Investment?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 11.24.2012 | Impact
Joel John Roberts

Buying Apple stock would be a better financial investment, but putting money towards ending street homelessness is undoubtedly a better social investment. I guess it's time to call my stock broker.

New York's Innovative Solution to Crime: Betting on Success

Inimai Chettiar | Posted 10.21.2012 | Politics
Inimai Chettiar

Our nation's costly prison complex incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. Re-aligning the incentives of our corrections departments is the only way toward achieving a system of justice that is worthy of that name.

Mayors Lead the Charge For Innovation

James Anderson | Posted 08.21.2012 | Impact
James Anderson

Mayors around the nation are working to meet increased demands with fewer and fewer resources, making the need for public-sector innovation more important than ever.

New Social Good Investments Pay Out...On 1 Condition

Reuters | Posted 10.08.2012 | Impact

NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Kim Hartke, who served 14 months in jail for stealing a car to pay for her addiction, turned her life around in part bec...

Beyond Boundaries: Collaborative Approaches to Social Protection

Jürgen Griesbeck | Posted 08.08.2012 | Impact
Jürgen Griesbeck

As social entrepreneurs we are in a unique position to explore creative new approaches -- going beyond what governments and businesses can do on their own.

Commercializing the Public Good

Mark Rosenman | Posted 08.08.2011 | Business
Mark Rosenman

We need a society in which our government and our people embrace responsibility for the common good and in which altruism and philanthropy are more a motivation in supporting charitable activity than in the profit-seeking greed of capital markets.

A Shot Heard 'Round the World? Social Impact Bonds Bring Social Innovation to the Bay State

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 07.09.2011 | Impact
Jonathan Greenblatt

SIBs represent the dawn of a new era, one that will accelerate the evolution of the Impact Economy.

Investing for Change: The Emergence of the Impact Economy

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Jonathan Greenblatt

2011 could be an inflection point in the Capitol. New leadership in Congress. New staff at the White House. Perhaps even a new era of bipartisanship forged out of the tragedy in Arizona.