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Six Major Globalizations

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This chapter is an introduction to the course Globalization: Past and Future. Jeffrey Sachs provides an overview of the six major waves of globalization: the Great…

Hitting Planetary Boundaries

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Hitting Planetary Boundaries

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The sixth wave of globalization is the one expected to characterize the 21st century. In this chapter, Professor Sachs provides an overview of the Planetary Boundaries…

The Ages of Globalization

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The Ages of Globalization

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Today’s most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planet-wide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But…

Disasters and Public Health

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Disasters and Public Health

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Disasters of various kinds, including hurricanes, monsoons, earthquakes, and landslides, poses a public health emergency. In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy…

Demographic and Epidemiological Transitions

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Demographic and Epidemiological Transitions

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How does global public health change throughout time? In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy addresses this question, looking at how we predict the changes in public…

Case study: Indus River Basin: Transboundary…

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Case study: Indus River Basin: Transboundary…

Case study: Indus River Basin: Transboundary Water Security and Climate Change

From SDG Academy

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This case study on the Indus River basin discusses water-security issues in this transboundary basin, and particularly the importance of collaboration to address the…

Measuring Health Status

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Measuring Health Status

From SDG Academy

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How to we measure health status? This video addresses the different ways to address measuring health from the lenses of physical, mental, and social well-being. This…

The Medieval Chinese Miracle

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The Medieval Chinese Miracle

From SDG Academy

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In this chapter, Professor Sachs joins the ancient world of the Roman Empire with the world of globalization that commences with Columbus and Vasco da Game in the last…

Economics to Equity in Health

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Economics to Equity in Health

From SDG Academy

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Economics relates to health in that it relates to development. In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy addresses the economics of global public health and economic…

Prime Drivers of Globalization

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Prime Drivers of Globalization

From SDG Academy

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What are the prime drivers of globalization? Where do they come from and how do they diffuse? And what are the fundamental patterns of global scale change that affect…

Shared Global Vision and Ethics

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Shared Global Vision and Ethics

From SDG Academy

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This chapter serves as a conclusion to the course Globalization: Past and Future. Professor Sachs talks about the need for a shared global vision on ethical values. Part…

James Watt Changes the World

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James Watt Changes the World

From SDG Academy

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In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the fifth wave of globalization, which is the Industrial Age. He chooses 1776 as its starting point, as this was the year that…

Conquest, Slavery and Genocide in the Americas

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Conquest, Slavery and Genocide in the Americas

From SDG Academy

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In this chapter, Professor Sachs elaborates on Adam Smith’s point that European trade and navigation brought plunder and misery to native inhabitants of many…

Sea-Based Globalization

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Sea-Based Globalization

From SDG Academy

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This chapter focuses on the fourth wave of globalization, or the era of ocean-based globalization, and the period between Christopher Columbia and James Watt, the…

Control, Elimination, Eradication, Extinction

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Control, Elimination, Eradication, Extinction

From SDG Academy

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In this video, Professor Richard Cash looks at the control, elimination, eradication, and extinction of infectious diseases. He defines these terms and looks at specific…

The Challenge of Ageing Populations

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The Challenge of Ageing Populations

From SDG Academy

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This video addresses the concerns of health of the aging populations as an important part of global public health and sustainable development. This video is licensed…

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