Jeffrey Sachs Is Everywhere!
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It’s not uncommon to see Columbia’s celebrity economist in the news, but three times in one day? First, “the noted economist” tell the Press Trust of India (India’s AP) that India needs to spend more money stimulating the economy to ensure a quick recovery. Sounds kinda like what a Columbia alum just signed.
Not content to merely be interviewed, Sachs also has his own essay on Fortune‘s website, detailing his plan on how to fix the Big 3 auto companies. “The Big 3 are not just another industry segment,” he writes, “they are world-leading organizations that can reassume that role in technology and markets with an appropriate public-private partnership over the coming decade.”
And because writing isn’t enough, he’s also headlining the launch of a new Earth Institute project, GlobalSoilMap.net, today at Casa Italiana. According to the event description, “this initiative, which will map most of the ice-free land surface of the globe over the next five years, will help scientists and policy makers tackle pressing issues like food security, climate change and water scarcity.”
Next up: leaping tall buildings in a single bound. Hey, it’s easier than saving the Dow.
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17 February 2009 @ 12:51 PM · 2 comments
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Based on my visit to the CU bookstore today, it also looks like “Common Wealth” is now out in paperback.
Looks like he’ll be on Letterman this Thursday!!
Yay I’m a Tipsta!