Afshin rattansi were going underground it was supposed to be week 2 of julie the songes london trial from the country with one of the highest coronavirus death rates on earth coming up in the show with nato nations panicking over a Global Economic catastrophe amidst a pandemic and Climate Crisis with the Global Economy ever recover after millions of lost their jobs since the start of the 1st covidien used lockdown could coronavirus mean the end of capitalism and globalization as we know it and there are politicians really fit for purpose joining me now from new york city is the author of the ages of globalization Geography Technology and institutions and director of the Sustainable Development Solution Network professor Jeffrey Sachs of the center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University thank you so much jeffrey for coming on before i even get to the book in the past few days theres been a story that will commented on arguably 13000 refugees on the island of lesbos in greece
Of globalization Geography Technology and institutions and director of the Sustainable Development Solution Network professor Jeffrey Sachs of the center of a Sustainable Development at Columbia University thank you so much jeffrey for coming on before i even get to the book in the past few days theres been a story that will commented on arguably 13000 refugees on the island of lesbos in greece all there are makeshift homes were burnt down somehow an emblematic vision of globalization in 2020. There are a lot of people being displaced and there are a lot of people suffering right now actually not only do we have a pandemic but we have disasters of emergencies political crises all over the world and in these interconnected crises lots of people who are suffering are not even being recognized as such its a pretty dramatic time niner the new book the ages of globalization goes right from the beginning of time you yourself have gone through a journey arguably intellectually tell me about b
A chat with you for the longest time about how these times of damn week and theres a lot of the best times to actually pick your mind and maybe find out what is it that youre going through the entire year is to yourself last companies go bankrupt one after another the Global Economy is more than 5 trillion dollars in the best Case Scenario some acid suggests are currently in the eye of the hurricane and the worst is yet to yet to pop do you think theyre right and how much worse can this get. Were obviously in a very deep crisis it is highly. Differentiated across the world and i think this is the most important point in the Asia Pacific Region yep and make is getting under control the policies have been smart and effective in stopping the spread of the virus in china japan korea. Australia new zealand taiwan hong kong vietnam malaysia and so on in western europe and in the United States the epidemic was not controlled effectively at all and in the us we have a complete mess because we
A chat with you for the longest time about how these times of damn week and theres are the best times to actually pick your mind and maybe find out what is it that youre going to inherit here is yourself lost companies go bankrupt one afternoon there the Global Economy is more than 5 trillion dollars in the best Case Scenario some acid suggests are currently in the hour of the hurricane and the worst is yet to yet to come do you think theyre right and how much worse can this get. Were obviously in a very deep crisis it is highly. Differentiated across the world and i think this is the most important point in the Asia Pacific Region yep and make is getting under control the policies have been smart and effective in stopping the spread of the virus in china japan korea austria. New zealand taiwan hong kong vietnam malaysia and so on in western europe and the United States the epidemic was not controlled effectively at all and in the us we have a complete mass because we have a failure of
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