The US committed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, but like other countries, it’s stru
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The US committed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, but like other countries, it’s struggling to make progress
Scott Schang, Wake Forest University and John Dernbach, Widener University
In a Zen parable, a man sees a horse and rider galloping by. The man asks the rider where he’s going, and the rider responds, “I don’t know. Ask the horse!”
It is easy to feel out of control and helpless in the face of the many problems Americans are now experiencing – unaffordable health care, poverty and climate change, to name a few. These problems are made harder by the ways in which people, including elected representatives, often talk past each other.
Most people want a strong economy, social well-being and a healthy environment. These goals are interdependent: A strong economy isn’t possible without a society peaceful enough to support investment and well-functioning markets, or without water and air clean enough to support life and productivity. This understanding – that economi...
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