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![Health Care Dollars and Sense](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e12e381e-18bb-4b95-9944-1ae7a7583865/AIHHealthcare.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=176%2C0%2C939%2C940&w=290)
The United States spends $4.3 trillion—almost one fifth of the nation’s GDP—on health care. As the scale of the medical enterprise expands, venture capitalists are pursuing the next big thing, pharmaceutical companies are developing pathbreaking therapeutics, and hospital systems are consolidating at unprecedented speed. Meanwhile, new care delivery models and the digital...
![Can Capitalism Change Course?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/5251ae67-a839-4992-94b7-5934dfd686ff/GettyImages-1503371245.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=572%2C0%2C5590%2C5590&w=290)
In a time of growing wealth disparity and changing societal values, can capitalism adapt? How is the economy being transformed by investments in infrastructure, AI, energy, and more? With ESG and DEI initiatives facing pushback, how will businesses continue building a more inclusive economy? Can we reinvigorate the American dream for young generations? Hear from Aspen Idea...
![Women Investing in Women](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/29942e24-e2ab-4f83-94d2-b907fbaf4615/53823873613_23991edd49_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3101%2C3104&w=290)
Women are twice as likely to invest in female-led businesses. Explore the ways women approach wealth building and investment, and how they create opportunities to build financial security for all.
![Does American Capitalism Still Work?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6ddc1a5b-c983-41dc-9fdf-c50d8411fce7/53823880878_647f9e3767_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=123%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
In a time of growing wealth disparity and evolving societal values, can capitalism adapt to sustain the American Dream?
![Ford’s CEO on EVs and Driving Into the Future](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/08b088f4-4719-4c3b-9330-be6ac4ff123a/fordceo.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C3760%2C3762&w=290)
Join Jim Farley as he explores how drivers' needs and priorities are guiding the future of vehicle technology and reshaping our expectations of cars and trucks.
![Pushback: The Perils (and Power) of Corporate Commitments](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/52e07d66-d3b4-46f7-9d95-fa97f85a9682/53823619826_882478669c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1269%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
With ESG caught in the political culture wars, business executives must decide to speak up or stay quiet about climate, diversity and democracy. What do employees and citizens expect, and can playing offense be the best defense against the pushback?
![Navigating Tomorrow’s Economy (Part 1 and Part 2)](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/6174eb00-1e5e-4da8-acfb-8b85be903d4b/53822186869_5287ac99ed_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2000%2C0%2C4000%2C4000&w=290)
![The African Century](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/bdb124db-886c-4221-854e-1e6893bfb3be/53824085325_aa02dd6d1f_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C775%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Africa is a rising giant. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African, and by 2060, Africa will have the largest labor force in the world. A former Nigerian presidential candidate, a South African political analyst, and a scholar on African economic development discuss what this demographic explosion means for the continent — and the world.
![The Iconoclast](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/32220310-b38a-40d9-b373-6fb5dbb0b1e9/53820643279_96e2c83e4f_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=637%2C0%2C3861%2C3861&w=290)
Peter Thiel has made no secret of his feelings about economic and cultural issues. Hear him discuss his vision for the future, his bets on AI and digital currencies, his thoughts on the state of America — and why he’s staying out of the 2024 U.S. presidential election (for now).
![The Power of Place: Youth Opportunity in Latin America, India and Africa](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/84fd7a2d-7412-47b0-a1e1-54beeb6835a3/53821058621_a78c29e4cc_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1053%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Of the 1.2 billion youth aged 15 to 24 worldwide in 2019, close to half were out of school, out of work or underemployed, and this number will continue to grow. Listen as global Opportunity Youth leaders and partners from India, Africa and Latin America discuss mobilizing hundreds of partners and thousands of young people to create viable economic pathways.
![Where the Economy, and the World, Are Headed](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d8986ff4-a47f-46fc-be37-9b4ce958b80b/53821150470_57bfabf5b6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1062%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
If you want to know where the economy is headed, ask an economist. If you want to know why (and more), ask a treasury secretary, an economic diplomat, a director of the National Economic Council and the president of Harvard. Larry Summers has been all of those things (and more).
![Economic Envy? The Real State of the American Economy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/35590916-0e61-4c37-b00d-896024fd6557/53819467536_b957e4504c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=393%2C0%2C3673%2C3674&w=290)
The market is at record highs. Unemployment is at record lows. And most economists will tell you the American economy is the envy of the world — but far too many working families need more to get by. What do the trends on mortgages, consumer behavior and lending tell us about America’s economic future?
![Color Blind Poverty](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/bc846f54-9f9b-4f33-ada9-ecbabd3d45ec/53815772917_4a833c78c9_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=448%2C0%2C5500%2C5504&w=290)
Poverty doesn’t care what color you are. Declining manufacturing jobs, income inequality and inadequate social safety nets affect all Americans. The problem of poverty demands a collective — and moral — response.
![Edward Jones Presents: The Great Wealth Transfer](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/8410efae-f275-45d2-8045-e44fae1eae00/240625_wealthtransfer_022.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1011%2C0%2C2667%2C2665&w=290)
With a staggering $84 trillion projected to change hands by 2045, the United States is on the brink of a historic intergenerational wealth exchange. How are our institutions preparing, and how are some families discussing wealth transfer as the next generation redefines the American Dream?
![Bridges, Broadband and Billions](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/03bd2369-2f9d-42f4-a8cb-20842a9e5395/53817307154_25a91cf0db_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1240%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
The U.S. is spending record amounts on infrastructure, with billions of federal dollars going to bridges, clean drinking water, broadband, and climate and energy. The governor of Maryland talks about what that looks like at state and local levels — and why it’s necessary now.
![The $38 Trillion Dollar Question](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3778bfb8-3af0-4481-bb4b-dbe117272b39/johnkerry.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
In a recent op-ed, former U.S. climate envoy and secretary of state John Kerry declared that rich countries are failing to respond to the climate crisis. If extreme weather will cost $38 trillion dollars annually by mid-century, who will pay for the adaptation and mitigation projects needed — especially in the developing world?
![U.S. and China: Edging Toward the Brink?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/943730a2-8e34-4055-9c2c-0a5240fdbb66/53814688170_78f709527e_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
Niall Ferguson, the celebrated historian who predicted Cold War II in 2018, has assembled the sharpest minds from both sides of the Bamboo Curtain for a discussion on the future of U.S.-China relations.
![Is There a Future for Oil and Gas?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/3e0697fb-a5cc-41dc-b779-80f908d2f843/53813710096_1115f4aea8_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=307%2C0%2C4000%2C4000&w=290)
Renewables are on the rise, but so is fossil fuel consumption as global development demands more and more. Does the oil and gas industry have a role in reaching net-zero goals? How do government policies shape the strategies of oil and gas giants as fossil fuels fade away?
![A League of Your Own: Investing in Pro Sports](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1c281d41-c7cb-4227-8b7a-03eb661392b7/53813123182_f41e9ee225_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=554%2C0%2C3607%2C3605&w=290)
Two legends — a baseball superstar and a Wall Street titan — discuss how they are leveraging their passion for professional sports as a team stakeholder and an owner.
![Closing the Climate Gap for Girls and Women](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7c58f9e1-944f-43e1-91a6-70ea591b4afe/53811270499_6a024c72b2_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=464%2C0%2C3374%2C3372&w=290)
Climate change is a threat multiplier with a disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations. Girls and women, who are denied equitable access to education and economic opportunity in many parts of the world, are most likely to experience the far-reaching effects of a warming planet. Advocates are trying to level the playing field with projects designed to empower the fe...