The Iran crisis #24: Jeffrey Sachs on the impact of the war on the global economy, global governnce

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Helena Cobban interviews Jeffrey Sachs about the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and the situation in Gaza on global governance and the economy.

On June 5, JWE president Helena Cobban sat down with the renowned economist and UN advisor Prof. Jeffrey Sachs to assess the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, and the long-running Israeli genocide in Gaza on global governance and the global economy. In this convo Sachs was forthright in his denunciation of the stupidity of the Trump-Netanyahu decision to launch the war against Iran. He noted that while the war and the naval blockade that Washington set up around Iran's ports ...

People in this episode

Host: Helena Cobban

Guest: Jeffrey Sachs

Topics covered

• Iran crisis
• global economy
• global governance
• U.S.-Israeli war
• Israeli genocide
• economics
• politics

Keywords

• Iran
• global economy
• global governance
• Jeffrey Sachs
• U.S.-Israeli war
• Gaza
• Trump
• Netanyahu

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UN

Places: Iran, Gaza

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