Mark Popovich is director of the Good Companies/Good Jobs Initiative and co-leader of the Job Quality Fellowship program at the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program. Prior to joining the Institute in 2016, he was vice president for program at The Hitachi Foundation, leading the team managing the Good Companies @ Work program. Previously, Popovich co-founded The Public’s Work, a consulting practice serving clients from the foundation, nonprofit, and public sectors. He has also been a senior advisor to a state senator, governor, and congressman; a senior staff member on energy and environmental issues at the National Governors’ Association; and a senior research analyst at the Council of Governors’ Policy Advisors focusing on economic, community, and rural development.
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How should progress be defined for communities, individuals, and groups too long left out of the economic mainstream? Inequality and poverty challenge the dynamism of our and...