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Jeffrey Sachs
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American economist (born 1954)
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Jeffrey David Sachs is an American economist, university teacher, and writer. Born in Detroit on November 5, 1954, he is a member of the Jewish people and speaks English. He was educated at Harvard University and Harvard College. His professional affiliations include Columbia University, the United Nations, and The Earth Institute. He also serves with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
Sachs has received the Padma Bhushan, the Blue Planet Prize, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the Econometric Society. His doctoral advisor was Martin Feldstein. He has advised doctoral students including Alberto Alesina, Michael C. Burda, Philip R. Lane, and Nouriel Roubini. His notable works include *Understanding China's economic performance* and *Climate, water navigability and economic development*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- November 5, 1954
- Works
- 63
Top works
- Understanding China's economic performance
- Climate, water navigability and economic development
- Pattern of trade and economic development in the model of monopolistic competition
- Factor costs and macroeconomic adjustment in the open economy
- Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1998
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Film & TV
Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known for
- Thank You Dr. Fauci2024
- Great Minds — Self2021
- The Weight of Chains 3 — Himself2019
- Climate: A Few Degrees Less — Self / Director of the Earth Institute2015
- Every Three Seconds2014
- Seeds of Hope — Self2010
- I Am Because We Are — Self2008
- Q&A — Self - Panellist2008
- Wintergasten2007
- The Colbert Report2005
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 180
- Total plays
- 637
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,939x
- The Relational View: Cooperative Strategy and Sources of Interorganizational Competitive Advantage
· 1998 · cited 25,218x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,556x
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,944x
- When to use and how to report the results of PLS-SEM
· 2019 · cited 21,416x
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Quotes
- “Deep down, if we really accept that their lives - African lives - are equal to ours, we would all be doing more to put the fire out. It's an uncomfortable truth.”
- “Von Hayek was wrong. In strong and vibrant democracies, a generous social-welfare state is not a road to serfdom but rather to fairness, economic equality and international competitiveness.”
- “We need... a much more competent and honest government. Economic reform and political reform must go hand in hand. Without the one there cannot be the other.”
- “Impunity is epidemic in America. The rich and powerful get away with their heists in broad daylight. ... The Journal recently opposed the corruption sentence of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell for taking large gifts and bestowing official favors — because everybody does it. And one of its columnists praised Panama for facilitating the ability of wealthy individuals to hide their income from “predatory governments” trying to collect taxes. No kidding.”
- “The US plutocracy has declared war on sustainable development. Billionaires such as Charles and David Koch (oil and gas), Robert Mercer (finance), and Sheldon Adelson (casinos) play their politics for personal financial gain. They fund Republican politicians who promise to cut their taxes, deregulate their industries, and ignore the warnings of environmental science, especially climate science.””
- “The world economy is pumping trillions of dollars into the accounts of a few thousand people. These riches should be directed first and foremost to end the millions of needless deaths caused by extreme poverty, and to educate the hundreds of millions of children who lack schooling. The billionaires would still have enough left over to indulge their longing for mega-yachts, personal space ships, private tropical islands, and other conspicuous consumption.”
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Official website
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development., Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey David Sachs (/sæks/ SAKS; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst. He is a professor at Columbia University, at which he was formerly director of The Earth Institute and currently director of the Center for Sustainable Development.
From 2002 to 2018, Sachs was special adviser to the UN Secretary-General. He has been president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Sachs is co-founder and chief strategist of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty and hunger. From 2002 to 2006, he was director of the United Nations Millennium Project's work on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 2010, he became a commissioner for the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, whose stated aim is to boost the importance of broadband internet in international policy. He is an SDG Advocate for United Nations (UN) secretary-general António Guterres on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 global goals adopted at a UN summit meeting in 2015.
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