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Conversation with Monika Wiesak, America's Last President

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 Lost John F. Kennedy. Listen in…

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4.1. Politics and Development Strategies for the Amazon - The Living Amazon

This lecture provides an overview of historic economic activities and development strategies in the Amazon. Learn how Amazonian resources (oil, minerals, hydropower, and biodiversity) have been…

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Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future

Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and bestselling science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson for a thought provoking conversation on Robinson’s recent novels The Ministry for the Future and New…

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EbA and Gender

This video is the second of four mandatory insight unit videos which provide a deep dive into cross-cutting topics of EbA. In this video, participants learn about gender-responsive EbA. This video…

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Parlamento 2030

Parlamento 2030 is an innovative tool created to track, collect, and provide information from national parliaments related to Agenda 2030. The tool is designed to overcome the challenges of the…

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Conversation with Corey Robin: The Reactionary Mind

During this session, the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs discussed The Reactionary Mind: From Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump by Corey Robin.In the book, Robin traces conservatism back to…

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Conversation with Rick Perlstein, Reaganland

In this session of the Book Club, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Rick Perlstein discuss his book Reaganland, the "Southernization" of American politics, the causes behind U.S.…

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Challenges of Policy for Informal Workers and Enterprises

A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. What are the challenges of policy for…

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Conversation with Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

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 Years' War on Palestine and the…

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Developing Policies for the Education to Work Pipeline

This lecture is about the well first state where we could develop policies for the education to work pipeline. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Introduction to SDG 8: The Link between Work and Sustainable Development

Jeffrey Sachs explains the link between work and sustainable development. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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High-Energy Democracy

In the tenth video of Roberto Mangabeira Unger's Freedom Now series, Professor Unger describes three sets of innovations to create a "high-energy" democracy that enables ongoing…

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Q&A| Alexandra Gillies | 2016 Feb. 11

Alexandra Gillies answers questions relating to government, political economy, and corruption in extractive industries. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Q&A | Michael Ross | 2017 Feb. 23

Michael Ross, a professor of political science at UCLA, answers questions about various political issues concerning resource extraction. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Corruption and Politics Today

All of our aspirations for sustainable development depend on good governance. Good governance is vital so that government provides the public investments and the public services that underpin…

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The Role of Politics

This lecture serves to explain why government and politics matters in economic development and reducing poverty. This video is not available under a Creative Commons license and should not be…

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