Economics as practical wisdom
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University and director of the Center for Sustainable Development. He directs the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network on behalf of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, and has been special adviser to three U.N. Secretaries-General.
Posted inGreen New Deal
Getting to a Carbon-Free Economy
The urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost.
Posted inWorking in America
How to Live Happily with Robots
It takes extensive government intervention to assure that gains of automation are broadly shared.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The IMF and The Asian Flu
The International Monetary Fund casts itself as valiant superhero, swooping in to rescue troubled countries from self-inflicted financial disaster. In fact, the demands for austerity it has recently imposed on fundamentally sound economies in Asia and elsewhere have made their problems much worse.