Aviva Gabriel

“Over the course of nearly a half-century, Cuba, Congo, Ghana, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Iran, Namibia, Mozambique, Chile, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and even tiny Granada, among many others, were interpreted by U.S. strategists as battlegrounds with the Soviet empire.”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable

“we may well look back at the 2016 election as the moment when the corruption and sheer incompetence of Washington became so large and transparent that an era of reform finally got underway. Even if Washington goes badly in the wrong direction in 2017 and beyond, the American people may begin to mobilize for true and deep political reforms.”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable

“With higher saving and investment rates, both public and private, directed towards productive capital, the United States could overcome secular stagnation.”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable

“There is a major economic difference, however, between now and 1991, much less 1950. At the start of the Cold War in 1950, the United States produced around 27 percent of world output. As of 1991, when the Cheney-Wolfowitz dreams of U.S. dominance were taking shape, that figure was around 22 percent. By now, according to IMF estimates, the U.S. share is 16 percent, while China has surpassed the United States at 18 percent.6 By 2021, according to IMF projections, the United States will produce 15 percent of global output compared with China’s 20 percent.”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable