Jeffrey Sachs
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Economist at Columbia University and one of the world's most cited development economists, who has become a prominent critic of US foreign policy and an advocate for the multipolar transition. He analyses great-power conflict, the decline of US primacy and the failures of Western diplomacy.
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University Professor, Columbia University; former Director of the Earth Institute; PhD Harvard; advisor to the UN on the Sustainable Development Goals; author of numerous books on economics and development
Why Offstream tracks this voice
A globally eminent economist who brings decades of policy experience and analytical rigour to his critique of US foreign policy and the unipolar order. His standing in development economics and direct involvement in international policy lend unusual weight to his analysis of the geopolitical and economic dimensions of the multipolar transition.
Biography
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor at Columbia University and among the most cited development economists in the world. He has advised governments and international institutions for decades, directed Columbia's Earth Institute, and played a central role in the design of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In recent years Sachs has become one of the most prominent academic critics of US foreign policy, arguing that American primacy is in structural decline and that Western diplomacy has repeatedly failed to adapt to an emerging multipolar order. His commentary spans the war in Ukraine, US–China relations, the Middle East and the economic foundations of geopolitical power.
While he maintains his own official YouTube channel and website, a significant share of his geopolitical commentary reaches audiences through extended interviews on independent programmes, where his arguments are developed at length.