Aspen Journal of Ideas

By any name, climate change is contributing not just to melting ice caps and rising sea levels, but also to drought, food shortages and, ultimately, to global instability.

In welcoming a class of graduates to a life of entrepreneurial learning, the legendary technology visionary outlines the challenges and opportunities of living in a world where the information flow around us forms the context we all must understand to survive and thrive.

Despite strong profits and plenty of cash on hand, the private sector isn’t investing in the kinds of projects that will keep our economy growing. Here are some recommendations for reversing this trend before it’s too late.

To make agriculture work for everyone — from corporations to nonprofits to individual smallholder farmers — governments are key. Here are five powerful steps governments in Africa can take to foster innovation and growth in the agriculture sector.

Baltimore has leaders. But what can be done to empower them to pursue their visions? How can we provide them with the tools to be successful entrepreneurs?

As America marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, it is important to remember that one part of our legacy there — the use of Agent Orange and its resulting Dioxin contamination — is being resolved, and new links are forming in that effort.

The numbers are familiar, and they are stark: according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), food production must increase by at least 60 percent in the next 35 years to feed Earth’s growing and hungry population.

We live in a paradoxical time of historically high income and epic wealth inequality. Academics, politicians, business leaders and religious leaders are all concerned about it

It is time to increase poor economies’ productive capacity and purchasing power, as occurred in Europe in the decade after Marshall’s speech. Marshall’s insight that such shared economic development is the only way to create a lasting peace remains as true as ever.

Shareholders want to know what companies are doing to address climate change, whether they are responsible community members, how they behave in conflict zones, and much more. Corporations and boards would be wise to answer.