Cities Respond to Climate Change: Locating Leadership in an Uncertain World

As North American cities cope with the impacts of global warming and the economic crisis, leadership for meaningful long-term change remains elusive. Can government take charge of the climate change response despite intensifying political and economic constraints? Is the desire for profit enough to drive businesses to provide a substantial and concrete response?

Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerApril 12, 2010businesses, CNYCA, communities, economic crisis, economy, global warming, government, government regulation, nonprofits, philanthropy, policies, politics, sustainability, urban policy, urban sustainabilityComment

Markets, State and Democracy: Lessons from the Economic Crisis

The libertarian model asserts that heavy state intervention in the economy is a threat to human liberty. But the recent history of market-based democracies has shown almost the reverse. The supposedly “small-state” model of the US has instead opened the door to massive inequalities of income, wealth and power.

Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerDecember 3, 2009businesses, democracy, economic influence, economy, Henry Cohen Lecture, income, inequalities, inequality, Jeffrey Sachs, policies, politics, power, public policy, state, wealthComment