Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - MJ - GoodreadsOriginally read for a class on the International Aspects of Economic Development. Sachs' begins his best-selling book by describing a trip he took to a village in sub-Saharan Africa. It's a good place ... Read full review
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - Andrew - GoodreadsWhere to start? This is an important and well-written book. Sachs is an important voice in fighting global poverty and he has his own vision. Like his buddy Bono, Sachs is an egomaniac par excellence ... Read full review
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - Chris Mecham - GoodreadsSorry, I think Sachs is crazy. Read full review
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - Straton Mwashighadi - GoodreadsA good read with regards to the economics of foreign aid...and the development Read full review
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - Marisa Lyden geraghty - GoodreadsGreat read that clearly outlines how the end of poverty IS possible. Read full review
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - Edwile - GoodreadsThis book is an intellectual tour de force by Pr. Sachs. If anyone is interested in understanding the causes and dynamics of poverty "The Poverty Trap" this book is a must read. Read full review
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - GoodreadsYou'll like this book if you're interested in the challenges, opportunities and mysteries of third-world development. In "The End of Poverty," Jeffrey Sachs makes a powerful case for how we can use ...
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - Kathely - GoodreadsSome of his ideas made sense, but some were so wacky I don't know how much to trust the ones that made sense, LOL Read full review
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - GoodreadsI started reading Easterly's 'The White Man's Burden' but soon found that you gotta read this one first. An important read because of the influence that this logic has had. Skip the first half if you don't want to read Jeff Sachs's extended CV.
Review: The End of Poverty
User Review - Harsha Sekar - GoodreadsThis is the Malcolm Gladwell approach to development economics. Jeffrey Sachs may be an important public intellectual, but this book lacks the scholarly rigor one might expect of such an ambitious and ... Read full review