Jeffrey D. Sachs Quotes

reason why prosperity spread, and why it continues to spread, is the transmission of technologies and the ideas underlying them.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

They did not understand that by liberalizing imports, the government was also promoting exports.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

world is not a zero-sum struggle in which one country's gain is another's loss.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

sweatshops are the first rung on the ladder out of extreme poverty

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Knowing that an economy is in decline is not enough. We must know why the economy is failing to achieve economic growth if we are to take steps to establish or reestablish it.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Markets cannot meet the needs of the very poor. The desperately poor are not consumers who will create an immediate profit.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

We need to defend the interests of those whom we've never met and never will.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

The rich control our politics to a huge extend. In return they get tax cuts and deregulation. It's been and is an amazing ride for the rich.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

The energy and daring is to resist the noes, until the final yes has been achieved.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

The energy and daring is to resist the noes, until the final yes has been achieved.

Jeffrey D. Sachs