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Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “With the quixotic, bright-eyed optimism of a freshly college-graduated peace corp applicant, Jeffrey D. Sachs makes the end of poverty seem like a few pennies away if only we could get rid of pesky geo-politiking and greed. His last chapter rises up in an especially saccharine cresendo when he...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“ The End of Poverty Economic Possibilities For Our Time Jeffrey D Sachs
Tenia F wrote this review Tuesday, November 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
4 stars
Jeffrey Sachs, once listed as the World's 100 most influential people, has worked with global leaders and institutions on various challenges facing the world today, such as disease, post communist transition, extreme poverty, and massive inflation. He explains how to arrive at an in depth diagnosis of a country's economic challenges and it's options. ”
“I was sorry to find out a lot of people,especially the young, were suffering from the absolute poverty. And I was happy to find that a lot of people were working out to get rid of the absolute poverty from this planet.”
young yi L wrote this review Sunday, November 15 2009. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The World can eradicate poverty if we give 7% of the GDP to agencies that actually help the impoverished. Doing this will benefit everyone. Terrorism results when people have no hope and therefore, no future. If we were to eradicate poverty, we would be fighting terrorism. Sachs argues that the US should be the leading force behind ending poverty. ”
Janet S wrote this review Tuesday, November 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book is vivid and clear. It is fascinating, easy to comprehend and you'll find no superfluous terms being presented. ”
Economico Naturalista wrote this review Wednesday, October 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I finally finished it.
Clinton F wrote this review Monday, October 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Sachs ideas, like "Africa is poor because it isolated from globalization" would just make me so made I had to stop and deal with something sane before my head exploded.
Africa was too isolated to produce wealth for Africans, but non-Africans
"magically" became wealthy while colonization and slavery was going on.
Sachs seems to be unable to admit that what he was taught about economics was just wrong, so a lot of this book is spent arguing that all "Chicago School" free markets need are some minor adjustments to work for the poor too.
Somebody said a conservative (neo-liberal) who just got mugged.
Sachs is a neo-liberal who has seen the suffering neoliberalism has caused. I guess that makes him a neo-neo-liberal or a (neo-liberal) squared.”
“A book of biblical proportions. A guidebook and touchstone for activism and politics, Jeffrey Sachs, delivers a map to end extreme poverty on the planet in our lifetime with The End of Poverty. The question is, will we let the opportunity slip away? Many are allied against just such a movement. Forward by Bono. ”
Mike R wrote this review Thursday, September 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“started it but got involved in fiction again. need to start back at the beginning and make my way through it”
Kris D wrote this review Tuesday, June 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very good book on Third world economics, a must read!”
Inze wrote this review Friday, May 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a very easy read. The author speaks to the layperson. It comes across as very preachy (not unlike Bono who wrote the forward). Many of his ideas seem very simplistic and irrelevant to me, though some of his points are well-made. No real new or earth-shattering ideas. Two chapters were interesting on how he touts himself as saving the economies of a couple countries single handedly. (Interesting from an insider's historic perspective.) I think he got the childlike idea from those two examples that the whole world could be saved and he's trying to analyze why that hasn't happened yet. He takes a long time coming around to the conclusion that Robin Hood had it right in the first place. Not very worthwhile to read. ”
Sarah O wrote this review Saturday, May 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
