Jeffrey Sachs Ideas Quotations

We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy.

The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.

Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else.

The idea that the UN system could provide real leadership on the great development challenges will strain credulity in some quarters.

The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view.