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Join Professors Jeffrey Sachs and an expert on religious conflict, Richard E. Rubenstein as they discuss Rubenstein’s book, Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages. Rubenstein skillfully guides us through the vivid controversies of the Middle Ages, making the philosophical debates of yesteryear both lively and accessible
Together, they discuss the riveting events that unfolded - sparking riots, initiating heresy trials, and causing seismic shifts within the Catholic Church.Throughout their discussion, you’ll uncover the origins of the age-old tension between reason and religion, a divide that continues to shape contemporary discourse. Listen in to gain insights into the foundational ideas that underpin modern thought, as we traverse the historical landscape where the clash of ancient wisdom and medieval upheaval set the stage for intellectual revolutions yet to come.
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PhilosophyAristotleWhen Jesus Became GodDark AgesAlexander the GreatThe Rise of ChristianityAncient Greek PhilosophyTheologiansPaganismThe Golden AgeToledo School of TranslatorsAristotelianismPlatoThe Double TruthPeter AbelardSaint Augustine St. Thomas AquinasAlbertus MagnusBig Bang⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political and media analyst Norman Solomon as they discuss Solomon’s important new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine.
Listen in as Solomon and Sachs explore the intricate interplay between the mainstream media and powerful political forces that promote America’s disastrous “wars of choice” – including the US-led wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and currently the US-Russia proxy war in Ukraine and the US backing of Israel’s war in Gaza.Solomon’s book explores how American foreign policy has become one of perpetual war, and how the media systematically hide the tragic human and political consequences of these wars, thereby enabling the US Government to perpetuate these conflicts.
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Ukraine War2023 Israel-Hamas WarVietnam WarMLK - madness of militarismPseudo-democracyPropagandaOrwellianPolitical Geology of 1984Rules-based Order NATOMilitary-industrial ComplexEthnic CleansingNATO Bombing of YugoslaviaGenocideRashida TlaibSouth Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel at the ICJCommon DreamsWar in YemenPentagon PapersWar ProfiteeringInformation Warfare - CensorshipPentagon Woos Silicon Valley to Join Ranks of Arms Makers⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and economist David Daokui Li as they discuss Professor Li’s brilliant new book, China's World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict. Listen in as Professor Li explains the deep nature of Chinese politics and economics – based on China’s long history, Confucian culture, and meritocratic political system.
Together, they delve into a wide-ranging discussion of politics, education, philosophy, culture, and international relations. Professor Li helps us to understand the similarities and differences in the Chinese and US approaches to politics and economics, and explains how US-Chinese relations can be peaceful, constructive, and beneficial for both countries and the world.
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History of the People’s Republic of ChinaCultural RevolutionMao ZedongCivil Service of the People's Republic of ChinaMeritocracySocial Structure in ChinaAncestor VenerationLincoln Portrait, “Fellow Citizens, We Cannot Escape History..”Checks and Balances in ChinaCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist PartyCentury of Humiliation ConfucianismOpium WarsMeiji Restoration China-Russia BorderAncient Chinese HistoryEzra Vogel Japan-China Relations
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Jessica Rawson, one of the world’s most eminent scholars of China, as they discuss Rawson’s book, Life and Afterlife in Ancient China. Listen in to learn about the roots of Chinese civilization through the stories of twelve grand tombs, each helping to reveal a pivotal phase in China’s history.
Together, they discuss the political, geographical, technological, and cultural evolution of China. Professor Rawson offers profound and fascinating insights regarding one of the world's great civilizations. With deep insights gleaned from her lifetime of scholarship, and building on the latest archaeological findings, Prof. Rawson sheds light on the deep foundations of China’s unique culture, including the role of ancestor worship, physical geography, and farming systems in shaping China’s civilization.
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political scientist Lindsey O’Rourke as they discuss O’Rourke’s remarkable book, Covert Regime Change. US foreign policy is based heavily on trying to overthrow foreign governments, and O’Rourke’s account is a powerful and deeply scholarly account of America’s frequent resort to secretive regime-change operations. Her book focuses on the Cold War years (1947-1989), but Sachs and O’Rourke bring the issues up to the current day.
Regime ChangeAmerican Involvement in Regime Change Conspiracy TheoriesForeign Electoral InterventionKennan and Containment, 1947Political Assassinations JFK and the Diem CoupList of Coups and Coup AttemptsList of Revolutions and RebellionsJohn Mearsheimer James Rodney SchlesingerFreedom on Information ActObama Attempt to Overthrow Syria
O’Rourke’s highly insightful study offers a deep and rare look at the how’s and why’s of US foreign policy. Together, Sachs and O’Rourke discuss why U.S. covert regime-change operations have rarely succeeded, but have often left a colossal mess in their wake.
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political scientist John Mearsheimer as they discuss Professor Mearsheimer’s latest book, How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy. Hailed as the most influential foreign policy realist of his generation, Mearsheimer and co-author Prof. Sebastian Rosato provide a groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?
Together, they discuss the book’s core idea: that states are generally rational in their foreign policymaking, in the sense that they use deliberative processes grounded in plausible theories of the world. Through a fascinating analysis of historical case studies, Mearsheimer and Rosato argue that states think rationally most of the time, though not always with successful outcomes.
Ukraine War Vladimir PutinInternational Relations Foreign Policy Foreign Policy of the Russian EmpireNATOWikileaksBalance of Power Theory Benjamin NetanyahuRealist TheoryOpen Door Policy Bush Administration NATO Expansion HegemonyGeorgia NATO RelationsRussian December 2021 UltimatumEconomic Sanctions
Yet. as Sachs and Mearsheimer discuss, sometimes states do indeed act irrationally - as when the US invaded Iraq in 2003. In their discussion, Professors Sachs and Mearsheimer cover considerable ground, discussing the World Wars, the Cold War, and the War in Ukraine.
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and economist Francisco Rodriguez as they discuss Professor Rodriguez’s newest publication, The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions. Prof. Rodriguez is an expert on the use of unilateral economic sanctions - when one country imposes economic costs on another, and shares insights on the US as the main user of such unilateral economic sanctions.
Professor Rodriguez offers us a comprehensive assessment of the effects of unilateral sanctions on the living standards in target countries. The effects of sanctions are dramatic: rising poverty, falling living standards, and premature deaths. These consequences go far beyond politics, and hit the civilian population very hard. Professor Sachs and Rodriguez offer a fascinating discussion that sheds light on economic warfare, and how it is deployed in the world today.
Economic SanctionsCrisis in VenezuelaVenezuela Economy The Rise and Fall of a PetrostateHugo Chavez History of the Venezuelan Oil Industry US Economy US SanctionsInternational Financial Statistics US Maximum PressureNicolás MaduroUnilateral Sanctions Secondary SanctionsJuan GuaidóCitgoSanctions During the Venezuela CrisisHow Latin America Has Been Shaped by the War in UkraineDiaspora
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and two of the world's leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, Lord Richard Layard and Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve to discuss their newest book, Wellbeing: Science and Policy. Together, they examine how wellbeing can be measured and how it can be promoted today and for future generations.
What produces a happy life and a happy society? Layard’s and De Neve’s new book offers a systematic exploration that brings together a fascinating and vast body of research in the past 20 years. This thought provoking conversation explores the new science of wellbeing and how it can improve public policies and our lives.
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World Happiness ReportWellbeingAristotleNicomachean EthicsHappiness as GDPMartin SeligmanSubjective Happiness ScaleAffective Component of HappinessEudaimoniaNobel Prize Winner Daniel KahnemanStoicism Positive PsychologyCognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)Set point - stable point of genetic disposition Twin studies Mental Health Diagnosis with happinessDiminishing marginal of impact on wellbeing⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor Bruce Cumings, renowned historian and expert in East-Asian history, to discuss Cuming’s book, The Korean War. Together, they discuss the factors that led to the Korean War, its brutal trajectory, and its powerful and fateful impacts US foreign policy.
The Korean War, though little known or understood today, continues to cast a long shadow on geopolitics and US foreign policy up to this day. Cumings offers a profound and essential look into a war that is widely misunderstood, forgotten, or willfully ignored, but that still deeply shapes our world.
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Korean WarWorld War IIAmerican Military in WWII US Second Amendment NSC6838th Parallel Pro-Japanese Collaborators Five Theories of Korean UnificationDean AchesonMarshall Plan SpeechKorean War and Japan’s RecoveryCold WarDeclaration of Neutrality George Kennan Guerrilla Operations in North Korea US in the Korean WarAmerican Armed Forces StatisticsNuclear Arms RaceYellow River Flood⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and bestselling science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, to discuss Robinson’s recent books The Ministry for the Future and New York 2140 for a thought provoking conversation on how climate change has and will potentially affect us all.
Together, they explore climate change as an existential threat and the plausible and tumultuous ways the climate crisis will shape our future. What happens as we push beyond planetary boundaries? Will sea levels rise to devastating levels, submerging lower Manhattan and other urban centers of the world? Will climate change lead to acts of terrorism, countries engaging in unilateral geoengineering, and even climate terrorism?? Will UN member states finally get their act together?
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COP MeetingsParis Agreement UN Member StatesSmall Island States 1.5 degree CelsiusUnanimity RulesDecarbonize Capitalism Mass ExtinctionKeynesianTax Structures⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professors Jeffrey Sachs and Chris Coyne, economist and author of In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace, for an eye-opening examination on whether interventionist methods should ever have a place in foreign policy.
Together, they discuss American imperialism and militaristic culture around the world, proving that nonviolent approaches to domestic and international conflicts not only minimize violence, but also promote cultures of peace throughout the world. Coyne presents his compelling arguments as to why such interventions are a threat to liberal values and alternative methods can preserve freedom and promote security between nations.
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Afghanistan Papers Pentagon PapersJohn Quincy Adams Liberalism Joe BidenAutocracies January 6th resurrection Manifest Destiny Westward Expansion Imperialism Militarism in the USBanana Wars CronyismAdam Smith United Fruit - Guatemala Dulles Brothers Game TheoryUS Surveillance State Church Committee (CIA violating its charter)American military spending Capturing Osama Bin Laden US War on Drugs in Afghanistan Taliban Latin American war on drugs Militarism of Drones⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor Glenn Denning, a world-leading specialist in agricultural and food policy to discuss Denning’s new book Universal Food Security: How to End Hunger While Protecting the Planet. Together, they explore how we can achieve a food-secure world while protecting the planet through sustainable agricultural technologies, farm practices, and healthy diets.
Their discussion ranges broadly over the choices of agricultural technology, food policy, dietary choices, and public institutions needed to achieve global food security with environmental sustainability. Denning shares his wealth of personal experiences as an agricultural policy advisor in many parts of the world, and vividly describes pivotal achievements in food policy. He describes vividly how our complex food challenges can be systematically addressed and solved.
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Food SecurityFood System Impacts on Climate ChangeSustainable Development GoalsEnergy System TransformationIntegrated Rural DevelopmentAgronomySustainable AgricultureInternational Rice InstitutePlant ArchitectureHarvest IndexIR 8IR 36Green Revolution Rice VarietyPhilippines 3 Rs - rice roads and arithmeticKhmer RougeGene BankAnthropogenic GreenHouse Gasses Cows Methane ReleaseGreen House Emissions - AgriculturePost Harvard StewardshipSocial Protection⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professors Jeffrey Sachs and Orlando Figes, historian and author of The Crimean War (2012) and his new book, The Story of Russia (2022), in a fascinating discussion of Russian history and ideas about Russian history.
Together, they examine the 19th century Crimean War and the powerful light that the Crimean War, 170 years ago, sheds on the current conflict in Ukraine. More generally, Sachs and Figes explore Russia’s complex relationship with the West, and the ideas that Russian and Western thinkers and politicians have held about Western-Russian international relations throughout history.
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Books by Orlando FigesCrimean WarVladimir PutinAnti-Russian SentimentNicolas II of RussiaWars Involving RussiaOttoman EmpireTreaty of Paris 1856Lord Palmerston The Crimean War Crises of 1853Anglo-Russian WarForeign Policy of the Russian EmpireMikhail GorbachevSoviet UnionAnnexation of CrimeaUkraine War Nikita KhrushchevCossacksRussian OligarchsNATO⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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In this special episode, join Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa, and Professor K. Srinath Reddy for their discussion of The Lancet Commission Report on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Together, they discuss the background to the Commission and the key findings after two years of research. They discuss the possible origins of the virus that causes Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2; including the possibilities that the virus emerged from laboratory research or from an infected animal in the marketplace. They discuss failures of international cooperation and national public-health policy-making - failures that have contributed to 18 million deaths worldwide from Covid-19. Most importantly, they discuss the Commission’s recommendations for the future on how to prevent or confront future global health emergencies, most importantly by strengthening WHO as the core pillar of global policy.
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor Christopher Blattman, to explore the dynamics of war and peace as they discuss Blattman’s, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. In his newest book, Blattman argues that violence is not the norm; that there are five reasons why wars break out; and how peacemakers can draw on these reasons to prevent and stop wars.
Together, they explore the dynamics of war and peace: how communities resolve conflicts, and why such efforts sometimes fail, leading to war. As conflict rages in Ukraine, listen in on this timely and vital conversation to learn more about “Why We Fight" and how we can end wars.
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Mao ZedongUkraine War Clausewitz: War as Politics by other MeansMilitary History of RussiaThe Rise of Personalist RuleWashington as Land SpeculatorFrench and Indian WarPerpetual Peace: A Philosophical SketchSemi-sovereigntyGame TheoryReversed Industrialization StalemateThucydides TrapThe Peloponnesian WarNATOWar of Attrition Frozen Conflict AutocratVietnam WarVolodymyr ZelenskyyUnited Nations Security CouncilInternational Criminal Cour
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and neuroscientist Anil Seth, author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness to explore the hard problem of consciousness. Because the deep puzzles of consciousness can’t be solved head-on with existing scientific methods, Seth aims to gradually “dissolve” the problem by looking at levels of consciousness, the content of consciousness, and the mystery of the sense of self.
Together, they unpack several of the hard questions: How can physical beings have subjective experiences? How can we measure consciousness? Is consciousness the feeling of being alive?
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ConsciousnessArtificial IntelligenceWhat Is It Like To Be A Bat? By Thomas Nagel Psychiatric InjuryFunctional NeuroimagingPhenomenology ConsciousnessFunctional ConsciousnessBehavioral Consciousness Experiential PerceptionPattern Recognition Self-Driving VehiclesQualiaHard Problem of ConsciousnessPanpsychismÉlan VitalEEG, MRI, fMRILocked-In Syndrome Adrian Owen Sense PerceptionControlled HallucinationChris FrithPlato: Allegory of the CaveSensory Nervous SystemWilliam James⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Peter H. Lindert, economic historian and author of Making Social Spending Work in which Lindert examines how social spending relates to economic growth in various countries and the emphasis we must place on investing in the young.
Together, they examine the history of public social spending and address the key challenges around intergenerational inequality and fiscal redistribution, the returns on investment in human capital, how to deal with an aging global population, and whether migration is a cost or a benefit for society.
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The Rise of Social SpendingGrowing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the 18th CenturyPublic Spending on EducationSustainable Development Goal 4Social Spending WelfareSocial Expenditure DatabaseAdam SmithJohn LockeThomas MalthusFrench RevolutionChurch and State in 21st Century BritainThe Road to SerfdomAuthoritarianismFree Lunch PuzzleSocial DemocracyUniversal Health Coverage in the USThe US Immigration DebateSpending on Children and the ElderlyChina’s Hukou System⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Casey Michel, journalist and author of “American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World’s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History.” In his debut book, Michel offers a deep investigation into how the US built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known.
Together, they examine just how the US implosion into a center of global offshoring took place, what that means for the rest of the world, and its vast implications for those who seek to preserve open societies and the rule of law.
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KleptocracyMoney Laundering OffshoringUS as a Tax HavenPandora Papers Panama PapersPerpetuity South Dakota is Turning Into a Tax-haven for the Global EliteShell Corporations White Collar Crime USA Patriot ActSenator Carl LevinInternational Revenue Service (IRS) How Delaware Became the World’s Biggest Offshore HavenLoopholes for KleptocratsThe Great American Tax Haven: Why the Super-rich Love South DakotaDynasty TrustBiden Administration Launches U.S. Str⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Heather Cox Richardson, renowned historian and author of How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America in which Richardson argues that while the North prevailed in the American Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a “new birth of freedom,” democracy’s blood-soaked victory was ephemeral.
Together, they discuss the myth that the Civil War released the US from the grip of oligarchy and the competing claims of equality and subordination woven into the nation's fabric and identity.
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Colonial AmericaOtto EckteinAmerican Civil WarOligarchyDeclaration of IndependenceEdmund Morgan“All Men are Created Equal”Confederate States of AmericaJanuary 6 2021 InsurrectionDemocracyRight Wing PoliticsInfoWarsDemagogueFCC Fairness DoctrineFacebook Algorithm RegulationThe True Believer; Eric HofferAuthoritarianismIndigenous People of the AmericasWestward ExpansionAmerican Cowboy
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John Professor Jeffrey Sachs and award-winning historian, Dr. Keisha Blain, as they discuss her latest book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America.
Together, they will situate Fannie Lou Hamer as a key political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks while illustrating how her ideas remain salient for a new generation of activists committed to dismantling systems of oppression in the United States and across the globe.The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.
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Fannie Lou HamerCivil Rights Movement1964 Democratic National ConventionHamer's Testimony at the Democratic National Convention 1964White SupremacyVoter Suppression in the United States SharecroppingLiteracy TestJim Crow SouthApartheidMississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)Lyndon B. JohnsonSecond-class Citizen“Mississippi Appendectomy”Forced SterilizationFannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist, Savagely Beaten in Mississippi JailIntersectionalitySet the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom The Working Poor⭐️ Thank you for listening!
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