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The world got side-tracked from development issues during the post-9/11 crisis period.
Jeffrey Sachs
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Jeffrey Sachs
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 5
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Jeffrey David Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs
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It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We could actually help lead a global end-not a reduction, but an end-to absolute poverty...I have always found that a committed, powerful group of leaders, can make a huge difference.
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There is no economic imperative that will condemn us to deplete our vital resource base, but neither is there an invisible hand that will prevent us from doing so.
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It's not so unusual to run out of someone else's currency.
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My concern is not that there are too many sweatshops, but that there are too few.
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The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.
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Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain.
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If we did go into a recession, something that's always possible for the U.S. or Europe, we could lower interest rates and expand the money supply without worrying about the price of gold.
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I believe myself that there's a great deal more interest and engagement among Americans than our politicians recognize.
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