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Factors inflaming America's political meltdown
News, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 14/08/2017
» The US is in the midst of a political meltdown, unable to manage a domestic economic agenda or a coherent foreign policy. The White House is in turmoil; Congress is paralysed; and the world is looking on in astonishment and dread. If we are to survive and overcome this collapse, we must understand its sources.
US climate stance a symptom of broken democracy
News, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 02/06/2017
» US President Donald Trump's ravings against the 2015 Paris climate agreement are partly a product of his ignorance and narcissism. Yet they represent something more. They are a reflection of the deep corruption of the US political system, which, according to one recent assessment, is no longer a "full democracy". American politics has become a game of powerful corporate interests: tax cuts for the rich, deregulation for mega-polluters, and war and global warming for the rest of the world.
Jim Kim is what World Bank needs
News, Jeffrey D Sachs, Published on 30/03/2012
» Last month, I called for the World Bank to be led by a global development leader rather than a banker or political insider.