The real climate battle after a sweltering 2014
Even libertarians can appreciate that the fight is over money, writes Jeffrey Sachs
Lobby groups launch global anti-poverty campaign
Action/2015 aims to put pressure on world leaders over development goals
‘The Tyranny of Experts’, by William Easterly; ‘The Idealist’, by Nina Munk
Are top-down approaches to tackling poverty doomed to failure? Andrew Jack reviews ‘The Tyranny of Experts’, by William Easterly; and ‘The Idealist’, by Nina Munk
How aid got smarter
Academics, donors and some aid agencies have begun measuring what works. Development is becoming a science
Real charity tax is nationalised overseas aid
Giving should be left to the individual and not to the state
US under pressure over World Bank chief
Developing nations put forward own credible candidates
An American budget for the rich and powerful
The poor are the losers as US parties converge to the right, writes Jeffrey Sachs
China’s challenges greater than US’s
From Dr Robert Kagan. Sir, Two points in response to Jeffrey Sachs
Our ignorance will yield more crises in capitalism
The idea that Chinese capitalism is a blueprint for the world economy is absurd, says Kenneth Rogoff
Public services need competition
From Mr Daniel J. Aronoff. Sir, Jeffrey Sachs argues that more, not less government spending is the cure for US economic ills, and higher taxes are the way to pay for it
Propping up the underclass is a cultural choice
From Dr Dov Frishberg, Executive Director, CoreAnalysis
A sure sign of how far America still has to travel
From Mr Alan Watson. Sir, Jeffrey Sachs writes that ‘America requires a combination of higher personal, corporate, estate, net-worth and financial-transactions taxes, with better tax enforcement, to collect about 4% of gross domestic product more in federal revenues’
US is now up against other societies
From Mr William E. Hoover. Sir, I am not usually in the same corner as Jeffrey Sachs, but I must concur with his article ‘Death by strangling’
Death by strangling: the demise of state spending
It is false that low taxes have spared the US from the European disease, writes Jeffrey Sachs
