Jeffrey Sachs

Columbia University

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Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and special advisor to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; author of The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity

Jeffrey Sachs on KCRW

Democrats, Republicans, Tea Partiers and Wall Street Occupiers all agree that America needs more jobs, but they don't agree on how to create them.

Are Higher Taxes the 'Price of Civilization?'

Democrats, Republicans, Tea Partiers and Wall Street Occupiers all agree that America needs more jobs, but they don't agree on how to create them.

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President Obama is campaigning in crucial states this week, demanding that Congress pass  his jobs bill  and increase taxes on the richest Americans.

Are Higher Taxes the 'Price of Civilization?'

President Obama is campaigning in crucial states this week, demanding that Congress pass his jobs bill and increase taxes on the richest Americans.

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