Economic Ethics for the 21st Century

We are super excited to host Professor Jeffrey Sachs. He serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor.

Abstract

The lecture will review the flawed philosophical basis of Anglo-Saxon economics and propose a more satisfactory economic ethics for our time.

Speaker's Bio

Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, and Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University. He has been Special Advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary General António Guterres. He spent over twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, where he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. Sachs has received 41 honorary doctorates, and his recent awards include the 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development, the Legion of Honor by decree of the President of the Republic of France, and the Order of the Cross from the President of Estonia. His most recent books are The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (2020) and Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development (2022).

Format

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs will be speaking for the first 45 minutes. We will then be holding a Q&A Session.

This session is part of the larger project:

Season I and Season II

This series aims to explore the tenets of capitalism over the fabric of time and examine its influence on the global economy and social classes.