49 min
202 - Jeffrey Sachs: JFK, Conspiracy Theories, Israel-Palestine, and Ending the War in Gaza Robinson's Podcast
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Jeffrey Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University, where he serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development. Before that, he taught at Harvard University for twenty years. Jeff is the author of numerous books, including three New York Times bestsellers. His latest is The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (Columbia, 2020). In addition to his work as an economist on the cutting edge of sustainable development—including research on changes related to extreme poverty, climate change, and other national economic reforms—Jeff is an authority on geopolitics and international relations, with particular expertise on Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, and other currently contentious areas. In this episode, Jeff and Robinson discuss practical solutions to the war in Gaza, the geopolitics surrounding the conflict in Israel and Palestine, allegations of anti-semitism in American universities, the assassination of JFK, and the truth behind conspiracy theories.
The Ages of Globalization: https://a.co/d/34yO8HB
Jeff’s Website: https://www.jeffsachs.org
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
03:48 Was October 7th Justifiable?
05:35 Can the UN End the War in Palestine?
09:31 Is Israel an Apartheid State?
11:28 Is Israel Committing Genocide?
17:50 Is a Two-State Solution Right for Israel and Palestine?
21:14 What Is the Pathway to Ending the War in Gaza?
26:06 Did the CIA Assassinate JFK?
28:12 On the Legitimacy of Conspiracy Theories
32:59 Key Israeli and Palestinian Players for the War in Gaza
42:01 Biden, Putin, Xi Jinping, and the War in Israel
46:39 On Anti-Semitism in American Universities
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support
Patreon: https://bit.ly/3v8OhY7
Jeffrey Sachs is University Professor at Columbia University, where he serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development. Before that, he taught at Harvard University for twenty years. Jeff is the author of numerous books, including three New York Times bestsellers. His latest is The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (Columbia, 2020). In addition to his work as an economist on the cutting edge of sustainable development—including research on changes related to extreme poverty, climate change, and other national economic reforms—Jeff is an authority on geopolitics and international relations, with particular expertise on Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, and other currently contentious areas. In this episode, Jeff and Robinson discuss practical solutions to the war in Gaza, the geopolitics surrounding the conflict in Israel and Palestine, allegations of anti-semitism in American universities, the assassination of JFK, and the truth behind conspiracy theories.
The Ages of Globalization: https://a.co/d/34yO8HB
Jeff’s Website: https://www.jeffsachs.org
OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
03:48 Was October 7th Justifiable?
05:35 Can the UN End the War in Palestine?
09:31 Is Israel an Apartheid State?
11:28 Is Israel Committing Genocide?
17:50 Is a Two-State Solution Right for Israel and Palestine?
21:14 What Is the Pathway to Ending the War in Gaza?
26:06 Did the CIA Assassinate JFK?
28:12 On the Legitimacy of Conspiracy Theories
32:59 Key Israeli and Palestinian Players for the War in Gaza
42:01 Biden, Putin, Xi Jinping, and the War in Israel
46:39 On Anti-Semitism in American Universities
Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com
Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support
49 min