Yeah…I’m a geek

To a packed audience in Washington yesterday, Al Gore issued an inspirational address and challenge:
“Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years”
Gore goes on to discuss the economics, and potentially more importantly, the politics of such a bold (and [...]

Jeffrey Sachs is one of the world’s most prominent economists and has worked with the current UN General Secretary and world leaders, academics and global companies.  Currently a professor at Columbia University, Jeffrey Sachs has previously written End of Poverty, which Common Wealth partly covers in terms of content (extreme poverty).  Common Wealth goes much further [...]