Books and writing
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (2005)
Penguin Press. His case that extreme poverty could be ended by 2025. He sets out clinical economics and the poverty trap. He calls for debt relief, bed nets and aid of 0.7 percent of rich-country income. A New York Times bestseller. The Economist called book and author “brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient”.
Wikipedia: The End of Poverty · Penguin Random House: The End of Poverty · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008)
Penguin Press. On a world that is getting richer and more crowded. He asks whether growth can last amid scarce resources. He argues for coordinated global action with UN leadership and private initiative. Kirkus called it “A welcome contribution to the sustainable-development literature.”
Kirkus Reviews: Common Wealth · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity (2011)
Random House. A diagnosis of the United States as dangerously out of balance. He blames the capture of policy by special interests since the 1980s. He calls for activist government and a more mindful society. Kirkus called it “a must-read for policymakers.”
Kirkus Reviews: The Price of Civilization · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace (2013)
Random House. A study of four speeches John F. Kennedy gave in his last year. It centres on the 1963 Peace Speech at American University and the partial test ban treaty that followed. Publishers Weekly called it a “careful study”.
Publishers Weekly: To Move the World (2013) · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
The Age of Sustainable Development (2015)
Columbia University Press. His book-length introduction to sustainable development. Columbia University Press published it on 19 February 2015 with a foreword by Ban Ki-moon.
Columbia University Press: The Age of Sustainable Development · Wikipedia: Jeffrey Sachs · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, and Sustainable (2017)
Columbia University Press. A short programme for the US economy. He argues new technology can raise prosperity, cut poverty and protect the environment if policy makes the right choices.
Columbia University Press blog (7 February 2017) · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (2018)
Columbia University Press. He argues US foreign policy has failed and proposes sustainable development as its organising principle. Chapters cover Russia, China, North Korea, aid and global governance. Kori Schake in Times Higher Education called it “a political jeremiad” and faulted it for not revisiting his role in Russia.
Times Higher Education (29 November 2018) · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (2020)
Columbia University Press. A sweep of human history in seven ages from the Palaeolithic to the digital. It closes with how to guide globalisation in the 21st century.
Columbia University Press: The Ages of Globalization · Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books
Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development (2022)
Columbia University Press. Convened with Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo. Religious leaders and scholars seek a shared ethics for sustainable development. The foreword is by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Jeffrey D. Sachs: Books · Books.org: Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development
Oikos: Economy, Ecology, Ecumene, and Ethics for Our Time (2026)
Random House. He stretches the Greek idea of the household to the whole human family. Drawing on Smith, Keynes, Aristotle and Confucius he argues economics cannot be cut off from ethics, history or ecology. Booksellers list it for 15 September 2026.
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