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Jeffrey Sachs, world-renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis, here draws on his twenty-five years of expertise to offer a uniquely informed vision of the keys to economic success in the world today and the steps that are necessary to achieve prosperity for all.
Sachs lays out a clear conceptual map of the world economy. He leads readers along the same learning path he himself followed, telling the stories of his own work in countries from Bolivia to Africa, bringing to listeners a deep understanding of the challenges faced by developing countries in different parts of the world. Finally, he offers solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that challenge the world’s poorest societies and, indeed, the world itself.
Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute and a UN adviser, looks at successes and failures in the global war on poverty, considers how the gap between rich and poor nations developed, and outlines a plan for ending the worst poverty by 2025. Malcolm Hillgartner makes his delivery heartfelt while maintaining Sachs's optimistic tone and outlook. While the work has dry patches that relate statistics and facts, Sachs's personal anecdotes give Hillgartner room to voice passion and even occasional anger. He admirably represents Sachs, a believer in "capitalism with a human face," and gives listeners plenty of food for thought on sweatshops, the Marshall Plan, debt relief, the responsibility of the world's richest people, and U.S. spending on world poverty. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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“This is an excellent, understandable book on a critical topic and should be required reading for students and participants in public policy as well as those who doubt the problem of world poverty can be solved."
About the Author
Jeffrey D. Sachs is the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is internationally renowned for his work as economic adviser to governments around the world.
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