By Jeff Sachs / Beijing

Boccaccio’s storytellers sheltered in place in Fiesole during their pandemic. Andi’s storytellers sheltered online during ours. It was great to be an Insider, swapping stories and thoughts as we endured and braved the dreaded virus. Kudos to Andi and to all her contributors and readers!
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, is Director of Columbia’s Center for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has served as Special Adviser to three UN Secretaries-General. His books include The End of Poverty, Common Wealth, The Age of Sustainable Development, Building the New American Economy, and most recently, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism.