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Disclaimer Some of the material on this web page is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants SES-0350686, SES-0719055, and . Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Christopher A. Sims. Christopher Albert "Chris" Sims (born October 21, 1942) is an American econometrician and macroeconomist.

Christopher A. Sims

He is currently the John F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University.[2] Together with Thomas Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011.[3] The award cited their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".[4] Biography[edit] Welcome to Community Wealth Ventures,Inc. You see a better world.

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And it has found them – from small neighborhood groups to local political parties, organizations and individuals have stepped forward to join the labor council over the past couple months, and have formed a coalition of shared interests. Focusing on jobs, quality of life, prosperity, equality and fairness, the coalition wants to change the narrative in San Diego, getting away from the right-wing dominance of discussion of issues in the media, moving away from, for example, a monopolization of the pension issue to more everyday issues like ‘where are the jobs?’

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In June 2003, at the urging of CPI and others, the City of San Diego adopted an Inclusionary Housing ordinance requiring that at least 10% of the units in every new housing development must be affordable to lower-income families. In some northern areas of the city, it’s 20%. Households earning below the median income for the area are eligible to buy designated affordable housing, and those earning below 65% of the median are eligible for the rental housing.

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This month the Dallas chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a global network of more than 8,000 business owners in 40 countries, will launch its Accelerator Program – a curriculum of events and educational materials developed to accelerate the success of early-stage entrepreneurs committed to building scalable businesses. The program supports those who wish to build their companies through a series of quarterly, high-impact learning events to help develop and enhance their skills in strategy, human resources, finance, sales and marketing. The members wanted to find a way to bring a lot of the organizational knowledge of the EO member companies to these early-stage companies, with the ultimate goal of accelerating their growth to over $1 million in revenue.

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