EXPERIENCE a conversation with Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, about his book Common Wealth on Charlie Rose.
Sachs would like his legacy to be, "That we learned how to live with each other a little bit better. And that we learn that what unites us is more important than what divides us."
credit: Charlie Rose
READ "Hugo Chavez in this Own Words", interview with Greg Palast, in The Progressive, July 26, 2006
"If she could create an institution to get freelancers what American professionals once took for granted—health-care coverage, antidiscrimination protection, pensions—she figured she could have a self-sustaining organization that could take on the status quo."- Daniel Brook
READ the interview with Sara Horowitz, Founder of the Freelancer's Union in GOOD magazine
VISIT the Institute for the Future
"The core of our work is identifying emerging trends and discontinuities that will transform global society and the global marketplace. We provide insights into business strategy, design process, innovation, and social dilemmas. Our research generates the foresight needed to create insights that lead to action. Our research spans a broad territory of deeply transformative trends, from health and health care to technology, the workplace, and human identity."