Common Wealth
Economics for a Crowded Planet

This was an encouraging read close to a decade ago, and it's mostly an extension of Sachs' ideas on how the end poverty, not just in the (still, barely!) wealthiest country in the world, the US, but globally. Even then, he was sounding an alarm call for us to finally do something about the problem o......more

I wanted to like this book. I agree with Sachs on most of the issues he covers in this book. But... I really hate it when people use weak arguments to support ideas I agree with. I think it does more harm than good. I really didn't like how Sachs presents as an established fact that the first human i......more

I had to read this book in stages. It includes a ton of great information, but it's frequently really heavy stuff. I saw Sachs at Politics & Prose in DC reading from the book and lecturing. He's such an amazing person. He meant for the book to be full of heavier and more technical material than his......more

This book presents a fairly complete overview of mainstream international economic development theory and goals, and would serve as a useful introduction to the topic. Jeffrey Sachs is the darling economic advisor of many of the United Nations' development schemes, and is the driving figurehead behi......more

A rather uninspiring rehash from Sachs covering the breadth of development and environmental issues. For those who are already familiar with either field (and their sustainable development intersection), you won't find much new material here aside from some innovative programs you may not have heard......more