We have been hard at work at EIG in 2017. From producing original research to working with a diverse group of partners to championing innovative policy, we are working every day to address our nation’s most pressing economic challenges.

Recently, we have shared our thoughts on President Trump’s most critical challenge, held discussions on the decline of economic dynamism with media from coast to coast, and applauded champions of the Investing in Opportunity Act. Here is a roundup of our latest hits:

Newly Released—

Fox News Op-Ed: EIG Co-Founders, John W Lettieri and Steve Glickman, penned “Trump’s Quiet Economic Crisis” in FOX News, discussing why declining economic dynamism is a national crisis

Six Ways to Understand America’s Dynamism Crisis: Six charts that illustrate how the American economy has fundamentally changed since the Great Recession.

Letter to the Editor: Solution to revitalize Ohio’s ‘left behind’ communities. By John W Lettieri; Columbus Dispatch.

EIG’s Quarterly Entrepreneurship Reading Guide: Winter 2017. The latest and greatest research and commentary from the field.

EIG in the News —

Unlike most cities, Charleston has added businesses since the recession.By Thad Moore; Post and Courier.

Co-Founder of EIG, John Lettieri, on the Ross Kaminsky Show.

The big squeeze on Wisconsin’s entrepreneurs. By David D. Haynes; Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Numbers to Know —

6 Ways to Understand America’s Dynamism Crisis. A visual guide to our Dynamism report on the most fundamental economic challenge facing America.

22 minutes and 24 seconds of Rep. Pat Tiberi discussing the Investing in Opportunity Act on Opportunity Live’s OppCast.

30 pieces of literature to read in our Quarterly Entrepreneurship Reading Guide: Winter 2017.

209 counties President Trump carried in 2016 that twice voted for President Obama. Read more in “Trump’s Quiet Economic Crisis,” by EIG’s Co-Founders, John W Lettieri & Steve Glickman.

1700 businesses opened in the Charleston, SC area in 2014. Read more from Thad Moore in “Unlike most cities, Charleston has added businesses since the recession.