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The Rights to Health, Education, and Decent Work

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The Rights to Health, Education, and Decent Work

The Rights to Health, Education, and Decent Work

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In this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs gives an overview of health, education, and labor rights, tying each one to the overall goals of sustainable development. This…
The Challenge of Sustainable Development

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The Challenge of Sustainable Development

The Challenge of Sustainable Development

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This chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Macroeconomics for a Sustainable Planet. In this final video, Professor Sachs talks about the environmental challenges…
Growth and Inequality

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Growth and Inequality

Growth and Inequality

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This chapter focuses on growth and inequality, and more specifically, the Kuznets Curve, in order to show the relationship between income per capita and inequality.…
Link between Employment, Work, Income and Wealth

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Link between Employment, Work, Income and Wealth

Link between Employment, Work, Income and Wealth

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What is the link between employment, work, and wealth? This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
Solow's Growth Convergence Model

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Solow's Growth Convergence Model

Solow's Growth Convergence Model

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In this chapter, Professor Larraín explains Solow's Growth Behavioral Model. He explains terms such as capital stock, investment, marginal productivity of…
What is Globalization?

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What is Globalization?

What is Globalization?

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This chapter focuses on globalization and the interconnection of the evolving world economy. Globalization is a multi-dimensional process of goods and services,…
From Waste to Wealth

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From Waste to Wealth

From Waste to Wealth

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Webinar 6 Siena International School of Sustainable Development 2022
Education and Skills

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Education and Skills

Education and Skills

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This video is part of Module 5: How can we improve human development in cities? How can we heed the call of Sustainable Development Goal 11 – “making cities…
Stagnant and divided: Socially-inclusive economic…

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Stagnant and divided: Socially-inclusive economic…

Stagnant and divided: Socially-inclusive economic growth and progressive politics

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In this first session of The Turn, Professors Jeffrey Sachs and Roberto Mangabeira Unger set the stage for their discussion and seek to answer the question "What…
Monetary Policy Under Fixed and Floating Exchange…

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Monetary Policy Under Fixed and Floating Exchange…

Monetary Policy Under Fixed and Floating Exchange Rates

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This chapter discusses monetary policy, and focuses on the difference between fixed and floating exchange rates. It begins by explaining the role that a central bank…
Inflation, Unemployment, and the Phillips Curve

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Inflation, Unemployment, and the Phillips Curve

Inflation, Unemployment, and the Phillips Curve

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This chapter discusses inflation and unemployment, as well as problems of stabilization. There is a trade-off between inflation and unemployment. Professor…
Aggregate Demand with Fixed Exchange Rate

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Aggregate Demand with Fixed Exchange Rate

Aggregate Demand with Fixed Exchange Rate

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This chapter begins by explaining the impact of aggregate demand in an open economy, via fixed and flexible exchange rates. In a fixed or pegged exchange rate, the…
Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's…

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Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's…

Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's World View

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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and economist David Daokui Li as they discuss Professor Li’s brilliant new book, China's World View: Demystifying China to…
Consumption, Saving, and the Intertemporal Budget…

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Consumption, Saving, and the Intertemporal Budget…

Consumption, Saving, and the Intertemporal Budget Constraint

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This chapter focuses on saving and investment, which are the main drivers of capital accumulation. By building up the stock of capital, the economy becomes more…
Conversation with Peter Lindert, Making Social…

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Conversation with Peter Lindert, Making Social…

Conversation with Peter Lindert, Making Social Spending Work

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Jeffrey Sachs and Peter H. Lindert discuss Prof. Lindert’s new book: Making Social Spending Work. Lindert’s new work brilliantly examines the history of…
The Capable Agent: Education

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The Capable Agent: Education

The Capable Agent: Education

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In the ninth video of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's Freedom Now series, Professor Unger lays out his four-part vision of a truly progressive approach to education. …

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