Books by Jeffrey D Sachs
Jeffrey D Sachs is the director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals. Sachs is president and co-founder of Millennium Promise Alliance. He is widely considered to be the leading international economic adviser of his generation. He is author of hundreds of scholarly articles and many books, including the New York Times bestsellers Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet and The End of Poverty.
The Price of Civilization
by Jeffrey D Sachs
Sachs says that we need to look back to the philosophers of the past to re-find our collective moral compass, particularly the Buddha and Aristotle
The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D Sachs
The reason I put this on the list is because it is my understanding of what we can accomplish from the point of view of an economist, a pragmatist, and somebody who is involved day to day in practical problem solving. The book is an attempt to put forward the proposition that we have in our hands now the means to end extreme poverty within our lifetime. We are the first generation that can do this.
The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey D Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs gives a fascinating and very basic new way of looking at development. Essentially, we all benefit when the poorest people are better off. This is as opposed to the maniacal way of thinking that says if India and China are as rich as us there will be a global disaster. His research shows that this is simply not true.
Interviews with Jeffrey D Sachs
The best books on The Millennium Development Goals , recommended by Jeffrey D Sachs
The prominent international economic adviser, Jeff Sachs, says we can reduce poverty by devoting just a modest fraction of our vast wealth to the effort.
Interviews where books by Jeffrey D Sachs were recommended
The best books on The Millennium Development Goals , recommended by Jeffrey D Sachs
The prominent international economic adviser, Jeff Sachs, says we can reduce poverty by devoting just a modest fraction of our vast wealth to the effort.
The best books on Globalisation, recommended by Mark Malloch Brown
The Chief of Staff of the United Nations under Kofi Annan and former Administrator of the UN Development Programme talks us through some of the key ideas and institutions that helped develop globalisation
The best books on The Afghanistan-Pakistan border, recommended by Gretchen Peters
The award-winning journalist and author says she laughed out loud when she read Greg Mortenson’s line that if he was killed in Pakistan, he knew it would be in a car accident and not by a terrorist
The best books on Ancient Philosophy for Modern Life, recommended by Jules Evans
The human condition has not changed down the millennia, so it’s no surprise that ancient philosophy has much to teach us about how to live our lives, argues Jules Evans. He picks the best books about ancient philosophy in modern life.
