12 Quotes by Jeffrey D. Sachs

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

La situación actual se parece un poco al chiste que hacían los trabajadores de la antigua Unión Soviética: «¡Nosotros hacemos como que trabajamos y usted hace como que nos paga!»