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Yehuda Kahane

Kahane, Yehuda

Kahane, Yehuda

Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Chairman & Founder, YK Center; Treasurer, WAAS

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Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Chairman & Founder, YK Center; Treasurer, WAAS

Yehuda Kahane is the treasurer of the Academy. He a recognized expert in the global insurance industry and a very successful multi-entrepreneur, was the author of a proposal to the world association of insurance and pension funds at the Rio Environmental Conference to invest a major portion of their resources into sustainable development projects that promote long-term human welfare, as a result of which an accord was signed by the participating companies to redirect trillions of dollars of their investment portfolio and a special award was issued to him. He is currently the chairperson and co-founder of YK Center, senior member of the faculty at the School of Management, Tel Aviv University.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

TransFormNation: A Suggestion for Rapid Top-Down Transformation   ( Economic Theory ), ( Money & Finance ), ( Social Welfare ), ( New Economics )
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The last 60-70 years have seen the end of the industrial revolution and the rise of the post-industrial era. The way we, as humans, are treating our environment (and each other) is threatening our very existence on our planet. This becomes apparent when we examine the reality of climate change, pollution, destruction of biodiversity, inequality and more. We must replace the current focus of “maximization of economic values” with a multidimensional framework that...
Global Leadership Education: Managerial and Economic Implications of SDGs   ( Education ), ( Measures & Indicators ), ( New Economics ), ( Knowledge, Science & Values ), ( Sustainable Development )
Get Full Text in PDF "Governments and business leaders are shortterm thinkers. True leaders are ones with longterm foresight!" We are living through the Anthropocene era, an era where humans have become the major force affecting change on our planet. Environment and social risks are threatening the “thrive-ability” of our society. In combating these risks, we require trillions of dollars in investments annually. And we need them in a very limited time. Trillions mean that we require a...
The New Economy: A Financial Climate for Climate Finance   ( Economic Theory ), ( Money & Finance ), ( New Economics )
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract “There is no way to solve the environmental and social threats within the capitalist framework .” In these past two centuries, capitalism has driven substantial economic growth. However, this growth has not been responsible for the “thrivability” of our planet in terms of society and the environment. This economic model now threatens the continuation of the human species on planet Earth. In 2015, The United Nations created a paradigm shift. All the countries...