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Amartya Sen: Home in the World
“Home” has been many places for Amartya Sen: from Dhaka, in modern Bangladesh, where he grew up; to Calcutta, where he studied economics; to Cambridge, England, where he taught and worked with other …
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
The Bank of America Walter E. Hoadley Annual Economic Forecast
The Commonwealth Club’s Bank of America Walter E. Hoadley Economic Forecast will be held on February 4, at noon. It will feature a macroeconomic update from Stanford University's Michael Boskin, a fo…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: REWIND: Should We Have Children in a Climate Emergency?
The climate crisis seems to be unfolding faster than ever before — with catastrophic floods, winter wildfires, and last summer’s killer heat. It’s becoming increasingly hard to mentally set climate a…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Ian Urbina, Director of The Outlaw Ocean Project
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world’s oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense re…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Silicon Valley Reads 2022: The Power of Kindness, Resilience and Hope
Valarie Kaur, Reyna Grande, and Richard Lui offer their unique perspectives about how the power of kindness, resilience and hope can move us forward as a community. Kaur will discuss how "revolutiona…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
NBC's Jacob Ward: How Technology Shapes Our Thinking and Decisions
For nearly five years, NBC News technology correspondent Jacob Ward has reported on the unanticipated consequences of science and technology on our lives. His new book, The Loop: How Technology is Cr…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Writing with Fire: Dalit Women Deliver the News
Join us for a screening of Writing With Fire followed by a discussion with the filmmakers about their film and the topics raised in it. Into India's cluttered male-dominated news landscape comes Khab…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Senator Amy Klobuchar on Antitrust
Antitrust enforcement is one of the most pressing issues facing America today. Google reportedly controls 90 percent of the search engine market, and Big Pharma has hiked drug prices up, making healt…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Eve Rodsky: Reclaim Your Creative Life
Eve Rodsky knows more than a thing or two about relationship building, goal setting, and time management. In her newest book, Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World, …
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: State of the Unions: Navigating Job Creation and Destruction
With expanding electrical infrastructure and some jurisdictions beginning to ban gas appliances in new construction, the transition to a clean energy economy is already happening. Understandably, lab…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago