Value Pluralism Is Essential for Sustainability
For much of 2019, news broadcasts and social media have been filled with unsettling images of forests engulfed in flames, leaving behind charred, dead...
Fall of the Berlin Wall and Social Democracy
It was already clear 30 years ago that the fall of the Berlin Wall would change everything. But precisely what that change would entail...
The Most Important Story You Missed in 2019
According to the most recent tally, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal publish a combined total of 1,000 stories every day. Although the report...
Toward a global biodiversity accord
Governments from around the world are already preparing for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in...
Disrupting climate change through innovation
Because it poses an existential threat to humanity, climate change represents the bad kind of disruption. But it can, and must, be fought with...
Why the Plastic Crisis Matters
Plastics have become a hot topic. News stories about plastic on beaches and in the oceans abound, and policymakers have begun to respond with...
No More Half-Measures on Corporate Taxes
Globalization has gotten a bad rap in recent years, and often for good reason. But some critics, not least US President Donald Trump, place...
Empowering Africa’s Women Farmers
Over 60 percent of all employed women in Sub-Saharan Africa work in agriculture. Yet the region’s women farmers often reap a meager harvest, not...
A Woman-Focused Climate Agenda
From teen activist Greta Thunberg’s much-publicized transatlantic journey on a zero-emissions boat to attend the United Nations General Assembly to the proliferation of climate...
Return of Fiscal Policy
As we enter the last quarter of 2019 (and of the decade), cyclical indicators point to a slowing world economy amid wide-ranging structural challenges....
