Jeffrey Sachs wants to save the world. He basically wants to mobilize the West to save the rest of the world from poverty. It’s a nice idea. If I thought it would work, it would be a crusade worth joining. William Easterly explains why it won’t in a review of Sachs’s new book in today’s Washington Post. Read Easterly’s book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, instead.
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