Economic Opportunity

Video: How Can Renters Grow Their Wealth?

All households deserve to build–and sustain–the wealth they need to thrive. But when home equity is the largest source of wealth for most Americans, how do renters gain assets? This video spotlights the current state of renters’ wealth and calls on leaders across sectors to come together and co-create solutions that expand renters’ wealth-building pathways.

The Future of Labor: Rethinking the Playbook

According to Brunswick Group’s latest research, the traditional playbook for engaging working-class workers—especially younger ones—is rapidly becoming obsolete.

Resource Roundup: Artificial Intelligence — Issue 11, June 2025

Learn about the workers most likely to encounter AI on the job, its ethical implications, and the considerations necessary for ensuring that job quality is prioritized.

Feeling the Heat: Workplace Safety in a Warming World

For the benefit of workers, businesses, and our society, we need to build workplace heat safety into our culture, policies, and practices if we are to adapt to our warming planet. Join the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program on Wednesday, July 30, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, on Zoom to learn about how the warming climate is affecting workers, and what policymakers, businesses, and labor are doing to keep workers safe. This event is part of EOP’s Opportunity in America conversation series.

July 30th, 2025 2-3:30pm

Advising Small Businesses on Job Quality: Lessons from CDFIs

This webinar, which EOP hosted on June 26, 2025, features highlights from the guide, as well as insights from CDFI leaders about their approaches to building job quality advising into their work. It features opening remarks from the Aspen Institute’s Maureen Conway and Bryn Morgan, followed by a panel discussion with Amanda Blondeau (Northern Initiatives), Cynthia Murphy (Coastal Enterprises, Inc.), and Delphine Ntegeye (African Development Center).

Announcing the 2025 Class of Finance Leaders Fellows

24 finance industry leaders poised to address entrenched social challenges and drive systems-level solutions across the global financial ecosystem.

2025 Finance Leaders Fellowship Class