
This is a time of unprecedented economic inequality, persistent racial disadvantage, a disintegrating social safety net, and deteriorating job quality. The combination of new technologies and changing work arrangements threatens to make the economic divide even wider. IFTF Equitable Futures Lab combines expertise in social science, quantitative research, policy analysis, and public engagement with proven foresight methodologies to develop and prototype innovative solutions for an equitable future.
“Philanthropy Should Help Create Better Jobs, Not Just Better-Trained Workers“ By Marina Gorbis (9/15/21). Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Available now, the full California Future of Work Commission recommendations, “A NEW SOCIAL COMPACT for Work and Workers.”
Announcement, August 30, 2019—Institute for the Future to support Governor Gavin Newsom’s newly formed Future of Work Commission. Read the full announcement.
Philanthropy Should Help Create Better Jobs, Not Just Better-Trained Workers
By Marina GorbisAugust 19, 2019—Equitable Futures Lab Research Director, Anmol Chaddha published and op-ed in the SF Chronicle. Read “The challenge: creating a better future of work,” here.
August 5, 2019—Equitable Futures Lab Senior Program Manager, Ilana Lipsett spoke with ABC 7 News’ Larry Beil about wealth inequality and the housing crisis in the Bay Area.
August 2, 2019—Equitable Futures Research Director, Anmol Chaddha spoke on a panel of experts at the Young Elected Officials National Convening in Miami, Policy Plenary: The Future of Work with Jane Kim,Vikrum Aiyer, Carmen Rojas and Mayor Michael Tubbs.
July 22, 2019—“Are baby bonds the fix for America’s racial wealth gap?” Listen to Anmol Chaddha in conversation with Kerri Miller on Minnesota Public Radio and Kilolo Kijakazi, Director of the integrated financial coaching project at the Urban Institute, on MPR about Sen. Cory Booker’s proposal that baby bonds may be a solution to racial and generational wealth inequality.