This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe carbon economy amplifies racial, social and economic inequities, creating a system that is fundamentally incompatible with a stable futureLast modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.45 EDTEven as climate breakdown looms around the corner, the pressure to return to the old carbon-based economy is real – and all the more dangerous, given the fundamental instability of an economy rooted in injustice. Sources of large-scale human suffering, such as crop failures, water shortages, rising tides, wildfires, severe weather,...…This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldThe carbon economy amplifies racial, social and economic inequities, creating a system that is fundamentally incompatible with a stable futureLast modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.45 EDTEven as climate breakdown looms around the corner, the pressure to return to the old carbon-based economy is real – and all the more dangerous, given the fundamental instability of an economy rooted in injustice. Sources of large-scale human suffering, such as crop failures, water shortages, rising tides, wildfires, severe weather,...WW…

Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the at Columbia University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view articles on CNN. (CNN)On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said the United States would halt payments to the World Health Organization (WHO). the organization with "severely mismanaging and covering up" the Covid-19 pandemic and claiming that "so much death has been caused by their mistakes." Trump is desperately trying to deflect attention from his own catastrophic behavior. He has presided over one of the largest security failures in US history,...…Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the at Columbia University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view articles on CNN. (CNN)On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said the United States would halt payments to the World Health Organization (WHO). the organization with "severely mismanaging and covering up" the Covid-19 pandemic and claiming that "so much death has been caused by their mistakes." Trump is desperately trying to deflect attention from his own catastrophic behavior. He has presided over one of the largest security failures in US history,...WW…

Video Ad FeedbackCNN investigates crumbling roads and bridges across USOpinion byLink Copied!Editor’s Note: is a professor and director of the at Columbia University and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. His most recent book is “The Ages of Globalization” (Columbia University Press, 2020). The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view on CNN. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put her finger on the key economic issues facing the United States when she for a “big, bold and transformational” infrastructure package to...…Video Ad FeedbackCNN investigates crumbling roads and bridges across USOpinion byLink Copied!Editor’s Note: is a professor and director of the at Columbia University and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. His most recent book is “The Ages of Globalization” (Columbia University Press, 2020). The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view on CNN. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put her finger on the key economic issues facing the United States when she for a “big, bold and transformational” infrastructure package to...WW…

he American professoriate is dominated by liberals. Sixty percent of undergraduate instructors identify as either liberal or far left, according to a by the Higher Education Research Institute. By comparison, only 12 percent are conservative or far right. Other surveys tell a similar story, with in the fine arts and humanities. Just last week, a by Mitchell Langbert and Sean Stevens found that Democrats outnumber Republicans in elite institutions by a ratio of 8.5-to-1.No use denying it: when it comes to political ideology, faculty are deeply out of sync with the rest of the country. There...…he American professoriate is dominated by liberals. Sixty percent of undergraduate instructors identify as either liberal or far left, according to a by the Higher Education Research Institute. By comparison, only 12 percent are conservative or far right. Other surveys tell a similar story, with in the fine arts and humanities. Just last week, a by Mitchell Langbert and Sean Stevens found that Democrats outnumber Republicans in elite institutions by a ratio of 8.5-to-1.No use denying it: when it comes to political ideology, faculty are deeply out of sync with the rest of the country. There...WW…