The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1594200459
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200458
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About This Item
United Nations, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Very Good. In Excellent Condition Like New For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos Marrying Vivid Eyewitness Storytelling With Concrete Analysis, Jeffrey Sachs Provides A Conceptual Map Of The World Economy And The Different Categories Into Which Countries Fall, Explaining Why Wealth And Poverty Have Diverged And Evolved As They Have And Why The Poorest Nations Have Been So Markedly Unable To Escape The Cruel Vortex Of Poverty. Sachs Plunges Into The Messy Realities Of Economies, Leading His Readers Through His Work In Bolivia, Poland, Russia, India, China, And Africa, And Concludes With An Integrated Set Of Solutions To The Tangled Economic, Political, Environmental, And Social Issues That Most Frequently Hold Societies Back.
Synopsis
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time is a 2005 book by American economist Jeffrey Sachs. It was a New York Times bestseller. In the book, Sachs argues that extreme poverty—defined by the World Bank as incomes of less than 1 dollar per day—can be eliminated globally by the year 2025, through carefully planned development aid.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001893
- Title
- The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
- Author
- Jeffrey D. Sachs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594200459
- ISBN 13
- 9781594200458
- Publisher
- United Nations
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 396
- Keywords
- Economy, Finance, Business, Money, Politics, Economist, Macroeconomics Commerce, Microeconomics, Business Ethics, Economic Conditions, Economic History, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business;
- X weight
- 0 g
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