Announcing the Aspen Ideas: Economy 2026 Program Tracks

<div class="header alignfull header--article header--min-height-full has-background has-tonal-black-background-color"> <div class="header__layout"> <div class="header__content"> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="header__meta header__meta--taxonomy header__meta--tax-category"> Blog Posts</div></div></div> <h1 class="header__title has-h2-variant">Archives</h1> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="favorite-block"> <button class="favorite" data-id="258160" data-state="" title="Favorites are not currently available" disabled><span class="favorite__on">Unfavorite</span><span class="favorite__off">Favorite</span><svg class="svg svg--svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" role="img" height="15" width="11"><use xlink:href="#svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" /></svg></button></div> <div class="header__meta header__meta--date"> July 9, 2026</div> </div></div> </div> </div> <figure class="header__media" role="presentation"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-1635x1090.jpg" alt="" width="1635" height="1090" srcset="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-1635x1090.jpg 1635w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-800x533.jpg 800w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-1013x675.jpg 1013w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-1014x676.jpg 1014w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/20230603-GG-Jazz-Fest-LR-6552-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 1635px) 100vw, 1635px" loading="eager" class="header__image" style="object-position: 50% 50%"> <span class="header__overlay" style="opacity: 1"></span> </figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">What allows people, communities, and nations to prosper? Who gets to participate in that prosperity? And what institutions, systems, and relationships make it possible?</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">These questions sit at the center of <a href="https://www.aspenideas.org/attend/economy">Aspen Ideas: Economy</a>. In 2026, 250 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, they remain urgent as rapid economic change reshapes how people work, build wealth, power communities, and participate in the economy.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8e60fc65 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)"> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1500" height="1500" style="object-position: 50% 50%" src="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AIE-Email-Tracks_transparanet-1500x1500.png" alt="" class="wp-image-258161 size-full"/></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <h2 id="h-the-2026-tracks" class="wp-block-heading has-h4-variant">The 2026 Tracks</h2> <div class="text-decoration"><div class="text-decoration__layout"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This year&#8217;s program will examine economic forces through six tracks designed to bring greater clarity to the choices shaping what comes next.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aspenideas.org/pages/2026-aspen-ideas-economy-program-tracks">Explore the Tracks<span class="wp-block-button__effect"></span></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div></div> </div> </div> <p class="has-h3-variant wp-block-paragraph">Experience Tulsa</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Across three days of mainstage conversations, intimate roundtables, leadership seminars, and immersive experiences, you’ll explore the forces shaping the global economy while experiencing how they are unfolding across Tulsa.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tulsa brings together many of the stories shaping the American economy today: industry and reinvention, heritage and innovation, local identity and global ambition<br>Beyond the program, we’ll offer chances to explore Tulsa, from its acclaimed food and live music to its Art Deco architecture, cultural institutions, and iconic stretch of Route 66.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Join us October 13 – 15 and be in the room for the ideas, connections, and conversations shaping what comes next.</p> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-e58466f0 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)"> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://register.aspenideas.org/event/9c7b0f85-0890-447e-aab4-dd2aabfa16bc/aboutAIE?">Register Now<span class="wp-block-button__effect"></span></a></div> </div> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained" style="padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)"> <div class="alignwide cta cta--large is-style-contour-lines has-primary-wash-background-color has-background"><div class="cta__layout"> <div class="cta__content"> <h4 id="h-subscribe-to-the-slice" class="wp-block-heading has-h4-variant">Subscribe to The Slice</h4> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">A twice-monthly newsletter about economic opportunity, financial inclusion, and shared prosperity, from the Aspen Institute.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button is-style-default"><a class="wp-block-button__link wp-element-button" href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/newsletters/subscribe-to-the-slice/">Subscribe to our newsletters<span class="wp-block-button__effect"></span></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> <p>The post <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/announcing-the-aspen-ideas-economy-2026-program-tracks/">Announcing the Aspen Ideas: Economy 2026 Program Tracks</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org">Aspen Institute</a>.</p>