Jeffrey D. Sachs





Jeffrey D. Sachs

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November 05, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, The United States

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Is an American economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became known for his role as an adviser to Eastern European and developing country governments in the implementation of so-called economic shock therapy during the transition from communism to a market system or during periods of economic crisis. Some of his recommendations have been considered controversial. Subsequently he has been known for his work on the challenges of economic development, environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation, debt cancellation, and globalization.
From 2002 to 2006, he was Director of the United Nations Millennium Project's work on the Mill...more


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The End of Poverty
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Developing Country Debt and...
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Il prezzo della civiltà
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“History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.”
Jeffrey D. Sachs

“The vast differences in power contributed to faulty social theories of these differences that are still with us today. When a society is economically dominant, it is easy for its members to assume that such dominance reflects a deeper superiority--whether religious, racial, genetic, cultural, or institutional--rather than an accident of timing or geography.”
Jeffrey D. Sachs, The End of Poverty

“Si continuamos haciendo las cosas como de costumbre, acabaremos padeciendo una crisis social y ecológica de consecuencias catastróficas”
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet

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