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Jeffrey Sachs is a renowned economist born on November 5, 1954. He has extensive research and contributions in the fields of global development, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Sachs has served as a special advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, guiding the formulation and implementation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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“My concern is not that there are too many sweatshops, but that there are too few.”

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“Without restoring an ethos of social responsibility, there can be no meaningful and sustained economic recovery.”

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Book:The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall

Source: The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics After the Fall

“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.”

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“Unfortunately, the real focus in this country has not been on the rest of the world. It's been on our own issues and our own problems. Fair enough. But it means that our simple hopes that everything will just work out abroad aren't really coming to pass.”

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“Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain.”

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“My colleagues and I took a stand in our work several years ago that we would not look for the magic bullet, because there is none. These are just basic problems requiring basic work. Nothing magic about it.”

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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.”

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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.”

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“The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.”

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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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“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.”

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Born: November 5, 1954
Known for: Economist
Quotes: 61

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