Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is also Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. His books include The End of Poverty, Common Wealth, and, most recently, The Age of Sustainable Development.
The AIDS pandemic claimed some 36 million lives since 1981, and a similar number around the world currently live with the HIV virus. The figures are daunting, but the goal of an “AIDS-free generation”… read more
When the 2008 financial crisis hit, outlays on both consumption and housing plummeted, yet the investment that should have picked up the slack never materialized. It is time to usher in an era of high… read more
The US spends $1 billion per year on global education, and $900 billion on military-related programs. Unfortunately, it is not the only country where policymakers believe that sustainable development … read more
Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet. Unfortunately, President Barack Obama has greatly compounded the dangers by hiding the US role in Syria from the American … read more
The Islamic State is neither invincible nor especially difficult to defeat. The reason that it hasn't happened is that the US and its allies – including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel – have been fo… read more
Brexit is a watershed event that signals the need for a new kind of globalization, one that could be far superior to the status quo that was rejected at the British polls. What is required, above all,… read more
Our world is immensely wealthy and could easily finance a healthy start in life for every child on the planet. A small shift of financing from wasteful US military spending to global funds for health … read more
Political leaders gathered last week at the UN to sign the Paris climate agreement concluded in December. But implementation is surely the tough part, not least because governments need a new approach… read more
Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is the first by a US president since Calvin Coolidge went in 1928. Normalization of the bilateral relationship will pose opportunities and perils for Cuba, and a giant tes… read more
