Energy Industry Has Way Too Much Control Over Congress
In October 1992, the United States Senate ratified the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the global treaty to stop human-induced global warming, which became enforceable two years later. Yet for the quarter century since then, the US Congress has failed to pass a single major piece of legislation to implement the treaty. … Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University.
Joseph Stiglitz Published A New Piece on Market Concentration for Project Syndicate
Economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote a piece for Project Syndicate on the growing problem of market concentration, which allows dominant firms to hold power to the detriment of customers and employees alike. He argues market power concentration must be addressed in order to remedy the problems of low growth and high inequality in the US economy
