Jeff Sachs interview in New York City.

Had a great interview today with Jeff Sachs and Hugh Evans in New York City.

Jeffrey David Sachs (born November 5, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American economist and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, a Senior Advisor for the Australian-based Global Poverty Project and a Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia’s School of Public Health. Also, he is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and the founder and co-President of the Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty and hunger. 2002 to 2006, he was the Director of the United Nations Millennium Project Millennium Development Goals, eight internationally sanctioned objectives to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, and disease by the year 2015.

Originally one of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became renowned for implementing economic shock therapy throughout the developing world, and subsequently for his work on the challenges of economic development, environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation, debt cancellation, and globalization. He has authored numerous books and articles on these subjects, including The End of Poverty and Common Wealth, both New York Times bestsellers. He has been named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” twice, in 2004 and 2005.