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Jeffrey Sachs

ジェフリー・サックス　/　じぇふりー・さっくす

American economist

November 5, 1954 (age 71)　・　Detroit, Michigan, United States

Michigan
economist
university teacher
writer

My Take

Jeffrey Sachs fascinates me because he refuses to stay in the academic lane. Most economists of his caliber settle into journals and seminars; Sachs went to the field, advising governments, running the Earth Institute, and pushing the UN's sustainable development agenda. I admire the ambition even when I question the prescriptions, since shock therapy left scars and his critics have a point that grand plans can flatten local realities. But I would rather have an economist who tests his ideas against the world and absorbs the backlash than one who never risks being wrong. The Blue Planet Prize feels like recognition of exactly that restlessness.

Overview

Jeffrey David Sachs ( SAKS; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst. He is a professor at Columbia University, at which he was formerly director of The Earth Institute and currently director of the Center for Sustainable Development. From 2002 to 2018, Sachs was special adviser to the UN Secretary-General. He has been president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jeffrey Sachs
Name (Japanese): ジェフリー・サックス
Reading: じぇふりー・さっくす
Born: November 5, 1954 (age 71)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Horse
Origin: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: economist / university teacher / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Oak Park High School
University: Harvard University

Awards & achievements

Padma Bhushan
Harvard Centennial Medal
2015 Blue Planet Prize
2009 Global Economy Prize
1986 Fellow of the Econometric Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019 honorary doctor of the University of Łódź
2018 honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://jeffsachs.org
Xhttps://x.com/JeffDSachs
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9

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