Jeffrey Sachs

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.

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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 72)

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Occupation

economist / university teacher / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

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

• Official sitehttps://jeffsachs.org
• Xhttps://x.com/JeffDSachs
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Sachs
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319189

Tags

• Michigan
• economist
• university teacher
• writer

Last updated

November 5, 2026

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