Jeffrey D. Sachs's Blog, page 22

Sachs: A modest proposal on guns

(CNN) The Las Vegas massacre earlier this month opened a new chapter in the gun debate. Most gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association, accept that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is not the same thing as a right to any kind of weapon, anywhere, anytime, by anyone. It is a [...]

America’s Goals and Politics of the Common Interest

According to Aristotle, politics should be about the common interest. Yet everywhere we look, narrow corporate interests have pushed aside what’s best for most Americans. By adopting America’s Goals for 2030, we can restore the politics of the common interest and push corporate lobbyists to where they belong, the sidelines of politics.  Read more on LinkedIn.

15 questions about tax reform

With President Trump pushing his tax reform proposal in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, here’s a look at what his plan would do to the economy. Read more in The Boston Globe.

The Scorecard on Development, 1960–2016: China and the Global Economic Rebound

Jeffrey Sachs Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the Sustainable Development Goals Mark Weisbrot Co-Director of CEPR and Nancy Alexander Director of the Global Economic Governance Program at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America Discussed “The Scorecard on Development, 1960–2016” and the latest global development trends and their impact on poverty and [...]

FUTURE NOW: An Academic, an Entrepreneur, and a Former Politician’s New Plan to Fix Our Broken Politics

It may sound like the setup to an old joke, but we have a plan – starting in Virginia this year – for electing the next generation of American leaders. Voters are fed up. The dominance of corporate special interests and partisan bickering have created a political crisis. In every party and region of the [...]

New group launched in U.S. to set nation’s own long-term goals to fix ills

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States needs its own set of long-term goals for addressing such issues as climate change and hunger like those enacted by the United Nations, said a group on Monday as it launched a bid to elect candidates who back such an agenda. Read more on Reuters.

New Group Promises Real Money For Local Candidates Who Commit To Sweeping National Progressive Goals

Economist Jeffrey Sachs, former New York state senator Daniel Squadron, and Adam Pritzker of the wealthy Pritzker family will fund candidates — currently all Democrats running for state office — who commit to a range of policy targets for 2030. They start in Virginia with 10 House of Delegates candidates. Read more on BuzzFeed News. 

Sachs looks to turn conservative tide in US state governments

Economist Jeffrey Sachs is joining with a scion of the wealthy Pritzker family and a former New York state legislator to fund candidates for local offices in the hope of reversing a conservative tide that has put Republicans in control of most US state governments. Read more in the Financial Times.

Jeffrey D. Sachs at the Oxford Union

Professor Sachs was interviewed at the Oxford Union about his views on foreign aid and sustainable development policies. A video of the full Q&A is available here.

Sachs: Ban semiautomatic assault weapons and save lives

(CNN) Semiautomatic assault weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment. The federal government and the states can outlaw them, a point underscored by none other than the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who emphasized that the Second Amendment protects gun ownership of the types of arms that were “in common use” in 1791, when the Second Amendment was [...]