“The idea of a society driven by greed and fear is not a society that is going to be sustainable.”

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Economist • American

Jeffrey David Sachs is a renowned American economist, academic, public policy analyst, and former director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is widely known for his work on sustainable development,...

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