Rich world, poor world.(Book review)
American Prospect, The, April, 2006 by Galbraith, James K.
THE END OF POVERTY: ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR TIME BY JEFFREY D. SACHS, FOREWORD BY BONO Penguin Books, 416 pages, $27.95
THE GLOBAL CLASS WAR: HOW AMERICA'S BIPARTISAN ELITE LOST OUR FUTURE--AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO WIN IT BACK BY JEFF FAUX Wiley, 304 pages, $27.95
JEFF SACHS IS IN MANY WAYS THE Mother Teresa of the economics profession. Like her, he has dedicated his life to the poor. Like her, he is a darling of the compassionate rich. And like hers, his methods engender, among close and thoughtful critics, a certain degree of unease.
In The End of Poverty, ...
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