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| 3,402 3,402 playsThis 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… -
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| 1,216 1,216 playsThis 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… -
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| 878 878 playsToday’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… -
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| 599 599 playsThe 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… -
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| 852 852 playsThis lecture tells the story of the Millennium Development Goals and their evolution into the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting key conferences and events that… -
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| 869 869 playsLearn 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… -
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| 923 923 playsJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political scientist John Mearsheimer as they discuss Professor Mearsheimer’s latest book, How States Think: The Rationality of… -
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| 1,414 1,414 playsThis chapter explores inequality based on geographic factors, looking at the history of colonialism and slavery, discrimination, and indigenous populations. This video… -
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| 389 389 playsThis is the first lecture in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University. … -
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| 686 686 playsThis is a guest lecture by Prof. Glenn Denning, Columbia University, in the course "The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics," taught by… -
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| 515 515 playsThis 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… -
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| 693 693 playsIn 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… -
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| 431 431 playsThis 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… -
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| 676 676 playsThis 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… -
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| 277 277 playsIn this session of the Book Club, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Rick Perlstein discuss his book Reaganland, the "Southernization" of American politics,… -
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| 255 255 playsJeffrey Sachs outlines 50 years of sustainable development history and its alignment with papal encyclicals regarding social challenges, culminating with Laudato…