Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Episode Summary
From the author of the bestseller The End of Poverty, a vivid map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity and an augury of the global economic collapse that lies ahead if we don't follow it.
Participant(s) Bio
Jeffrey D. Sachs is Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on the Millennium Development Goals. He is internationally renowned for his work as an economic adviser to governments and international organizations around the world.
Credits
ALOUD audio is presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and made possible through support provided by The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Righteous Persons Foundation, City National Bank, K&L Gates, KPMG, Sue and David Rosenblum, Wallis Foundation, Donna and Martin J. Wolff and The Boudjakdji Foundation. Additional support provided by The Council of the Library Foundation, Library Foundation members, and the Los Angeles Public Library. Media support provided by KPPC 83.9 FM and KUSC 91.5 FM. ALOUD theme composed by Larry Karush.