The proper role and scope of government

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Please listen to this interview with Jeffery Sachs, economist.

http://www.kuow.washington.edu/program.php?id=24764

excerpts from a review of his new book The Price of Civilization from The Financial Times:

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Jeffrey Sachs has advised so many countries that he may have lost count. In his new book, this proselytiser for economic development plans offers his services to the US.

The Price of Civilization has the air of the world traveller who returns home to find his country a much worse place than he remembered. There is a palpable if ever-so-slight alienation here that suggests his proposals will not gain much traction in America. That would be a shame, for this is an important book.