
Economy • Sociology
In the book, economist Jeffrey Sachs presents an optimistic plan for eliminating extreme poverty by 2025. He argues that this is feasible with political will, because world wealth is growing, and poverty is not fate, but the result of inefficient systems.
Sachs introduces "clinical economics" - a systematic approach to treating a disease: diagnosis of the problem, prescription (interventions), and monitoring. He focuses on the poorest countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where billions of people live on less than $1 a day. Key causes: geographical barriers (tropical diseases, droughts), lack of investment in infrastructure, education, a...
Algoritam, 2007.Paperback.