An important letter from the US environmental community to business leaders is out today -- calling on them to complement internal efforts on climate with political action and policy advocacy... aaaclimateleadership.org

Suffering caused by the pandemic, climate disasters, and racial injustice has changed how CEOs talk about corporate responsibility. Harvard economist Rebecca Henderson says she’s seen “more change in the past 18 months” than in the 13 years before. wgbh.org/news/internati…

Here's a wonderful event I did in the Netherlands -- featuring an amazing young leader -- in three minutes! The essence of reimagining capitalism, if you don't have time for the book.... youtube.com/watch?v=msEITk…

What happens to economic growth if climate erodes? Harvard Business School professor Rebecca Henderson and Woodwell Climate Research Center senior fellow Spencer Glendon talk about systemic risk and climate change with Gautam Mukunda. Listen to Nasdaq’s #WorldReimagined: spr.ly/6017HayWV

A podcast I recorded recently with Spencer Glendon -- ex Wellington Capital and one of the smartest people I know -- just dropped. Spencer is both brilliant and terrifying. Well worth a listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sus…

David Gelles on the silence of the corporations based in Georgia about voting rights in the state... He links voting rights to the fight for racial justice, which sounds exactly right to me: nytimes.com/2021/03/29/bus…

There's been some grumbling that this is too little too late, but I read the news that Delta and Coca-Cola have come out against voter suppression as *huge*. nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

What happens when women run the economy? I'm very optimistic... reuters.com/article/us-glo…

Japan is one of the world’s great nations with a fantastic track record of innovation. We need it to lead on #climate: that means 菅 義偉 首相官邸 committing to 50% emission cuts by 2030 - cuts in line with science and in line with the new economy. reuters.com/article/us-jap…

A nice piece on how mainstream economic thought -- in this case represented by the Nobel Prize Winner Paul Romer -- is increasingly coming to realize that effective government is critical to a healthy economy. (Who knew! Sigh...) nytimes.com/2021/05/20/tec…

I recently recorded a new podcast on "Saving Capitalism from itself". Rather fun, if you have time: uncertain.substack.com/p/capitalism-r…

Hi everyone! I've been taking a bit of a break after a crazy semester. Here's a new podcast with Vesna Lucca and Corporate unplugged -- it's quite a bit more personal than usual -- Vesna pushed me hard to think about what's really important... corporateunplugged.com/rebecca-hender…

A great piece by my friend Craig Robinson on how business can effectively support Voting Rights: edition.cnn.com/2021/07/29/per…

A quick thought on the contretemps between Florida and Disney: nytimes.com/2022/04/28/opi…

The #NewClimateWar (publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/michael…) is a prebuttal of the latest soft denial-promoting screed. Just substitute "Alex Epstein" for "Bjorn Lomborg" and "Michael Shellenberger"

A truly wonderful piece by Ezra Klein on hope -- and why having children does not betray the planet: nytimes.com/2022/06/05/opi…

I'm late to this party, but I am doing a panel with the author on Tuesday, and so was finally pushed to read "The Ministry for the Future". If you haven't yet had the chance it's quite fabulous. See: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

What does it say about our current moment that this isn’t making headlines? And about the future? apnews.com/article/climat…

This is indeed totally heartbreaking.

‘It’s an honor to get canceled by Musk, who is welcoming neo-Nazis back to Twitter while banning reporters. Still, it’s admittedly terrifying to see him cross the bright red line of declaring outright war against freedom of the press.’ Gil Duran