A short documentary on the Alaska Permanent Fund. Part 2 of 6.
Economics
In Trust For Us: Don’t Mess with My PFD – Part 3
A short documentary on the Alaska Permanent Fund. Part 3 of 6.
In Trust For Us: The Wall Street Shuffle – Part 4
A short documentary on the Alaska Permanent Fund. Part 4 of 6.
In Trust For Us : Can’t Lose What You Never Had – Part 5
A short documentary on the Alaska Permanent Fund. Part 5 of 6.
In Trust For Us: Take the Money and Run – Part 6
A short documentary on the Alaska Permanent Fund. Part 6 of 6.
Forum@360: Alaska’s Fiscal Crisis
Alaska is still facing a yawning, multi-billion dollar gap between what it spends what it raises in revenue, despite billions in budget cuts and two years of policymakers debating how to keep the state solvent. Professor Emeritus Gunnar Knapp of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, Caroline Schultz of Alaska Department of Labor &…
Forum@360: The Path to Renewable Energy in Southeast
What is the future of renewable energy in Southeast Alaska? Three community stakeholders will discuss advances in technology and the challenges of powering the region’s most remote locations. We will look at models across the globe to see what’s working and how it could be adapted here.
George Lakey, author of “Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right — and How We Can Too.”
The Juneau World Affairs Council presents George Lakey, author of “Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right — and How We Can Too.” Lakey recently retired from Swarthmore College where he was a professor of Issues in Social Change. He wrote “Viking Economics” after interviewing economists and others in the Nordic countries. He’s lived…
AARP Alaska #710: In their own words
Kristy Naylor, Securities and Enforcement Chief and David Newman, Senior Examiner for the State of Alaska Division of Banking and Securities share the story – and video interview — of Bill Burk of Anchorage who was a victim of financial fraud. Burk, a Korean War veteran, former boxer, miner and commercial fisherman had been promised…
AARP Alaska #709: How Alaska’s Division of Banking and Securities serves Alaskans
Kristy Naylor, Securities and Enforcement Chief and David Newman, Senior Examiner for the State of Alaska Division of Banking and Securities discuss the mission of the Division, how Alaskans can protect themselves from fraud, how an investor can check out a broker-dealer or investment adviser and questions you as an investor have the right to…