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This chapter presents the origins of the SDGs, how they arose and why? The chapter conveys the core idea that clear goal-setting is essential for progress and examines…
A Brief History of the SDGs
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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…
Six Major Globalizations
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political and media analyst Norman Solomon as they discuss Solomon’s important new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the…
Conversation with Norman Solomon, War Made…
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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…
Hitting Planetary Boundaries
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political scientist John Mearsheimer as they discuss Professor Mearsheimer’s latest book, How States Think: The Rationality of…
Conversation with John Mearsheimer, How States…
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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…
The Ages of Globalization
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This lecture tells the story of the Millennium Development Goals and their evolution into the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting key conferences and events that…
From the MDGs to the SDGs
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This is the first lecture in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. …
The history of epidemics and their impact on…
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This conversation with Rashid Khalidi took place on March 24, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Khalidi's book The Hundred…
Conversation with Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred…
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Learn about the existing inequalities in America and you can reduce your own biases for a more equitable society. Learn about implicit bias and how to become a racial…
Policing, racism, and colorism in America and…
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Fairness, Understanding Factors of Inequality
This chapter explores inequality based on geographic factors, looking at the history of colonialism and slavery, discrimination, and indigenous populations. This video…Fairness, Understanding Factors of Inequality
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Monika Wiesak as they discuss one of America's most iconic leaders in, America's Last President: What the World Lost When It…
Conversation with Monika Wiesak, America's…
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This conversation with Martin Sherwin took place on January 28, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Sherwin's book Gambling with…
Conversation with Martin Sherwin, Gambling with…
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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…
The Medieval Chinese Miracle
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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…
Conversation with David Daokui Li, China's…
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This lecture looks at the 40 year history of sustainable development on the international stage and the development of the SDGs from past failures of attempts to…
The Sustainable Development Goals
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