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The Credit Gap: Easing the Squeeze on the Smallest Businesses

Among the many casualties of the 2007-2008 financial meltdown were small businesses. As the financial system virtually shut down, millions of small business owners across…

501 Shareholders: Redefining “Public” Companies to Help Emerging Firms

In 2004, Google made headlines by “going public,” raising $1.7 billion in what was then the biggest initial stock offering since the heady days of the tech boom.

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The Untouchable Economy: Why Americans Are Turning Against ‘Stuff’

Writing for The Atlantic, PPI’s Michael Mandel argues that young people are viewing themselves as microbusinesses operating in a highly uncertain economic environment. Millennials are…

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Why the Instagram Purchase is Good News for App Economy Jobs

The $1 billion purchase by Facebook of Instagram, a start-up with a hot mobile photo app, was played up by the New York Times as…

What’s Really Behind Bain Capital(ism)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken a beating over the past few weeks regarding his long tenure at the private equity firm, Bain Capital….

Do It Yourself: Creating a Producer Society

Last month, PPI released a provocative policy brief by Will Marshall, “Labor and the Producer Society,” which argued that the Great Recession and stalled economic…

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