Jeffrey D. Sachs quotes

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything. (Jeffrey D. Sachs)
In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development. View quote
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The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule. View quote
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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. Its an uncomfortable truth. View quote
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Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain. View quote
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In the early 1990s, when a lot of the developing world opened up to international capital flows... they ended up in very good long-term projects, but projects that weren't going to pay off for five or 10 or 20 years. View quote
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We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's not so unusual to run out of someone else's currency. View quote
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The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed. View quote
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...four very powerful corporate lobbies have repeatedly come out on top and turned our democracy into what might more accurately be called a corporatocracy. (Jeffrey D. Sachs)
Indeed, one might surmise that it is health and longevity rather than income that give the biggest boost to reported life satisfaction. View quote
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The US plutocracy has declared war on sustainable development. View quote
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Basic Survival goods are cheap, whereas narcissistic self-stimulation and social-display products are expensive. Living doesn't cost much, but showing off does. View quote
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We need to defend the interests of those whom we've never met and never will. View quote
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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. View quote
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Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else. View quote
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Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world. View quote
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Devaluations are never easy. View quote
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We've taken the view that if the rest of the world would democratize and create market economies, that would spread the benefits of prosperity around the world, and that it would enhance our own prosperity, and our own stability and security, as well. View quote
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The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty. (Jeffrey D. Sachs)
It's the American leadership that has not played the role it should be playing and that leaders in other countries have been playing. View quote
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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. View quote
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Let the future say of our generation that we sent forth mighty currents of hope and that we worked together to heal the world. View quote
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At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. View quote
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