Daniel W. Drezner

Regarding The End of Poverty

Loyal readers of danieldrezner.com may recall that I blogged about Jeffrey Sachs and his book The End of Poverty last month. Well, I should confess that one reason for my interest in the book was because I was reviewing it for the New York Times Book Review. The review is now available online. Go check ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry.

Loyal readers of danieldrezner.com may recall that I blogged about Jeffrey Sachs and his book The End of Poverty last month. Well, I should confess that one reason for my interest in the book was because I was reviewing it for the New York Times Book Review. The review is now available online. Go check it out. [No excerpt?--ed. Not with this review. Besides, I'm busy prepping for the inevitable reply from Professor Sachs. What makes you think there will be a reply?--ed. Well, let's see:

Loyal readers of danieldrezner.com may recall that I blogged about Jeffrey Sachs and his book The End of Poverty last month. Well, I should confess that one reason for my interest in the book was because I was reviewing it for the New York Times Book Review. The review is now available online. Go check it out. [No excerpt?–ed. Not with this review. Besides, I’m busy prepping for the inevitable reply from Professor Sachs. What makes you think there will be a reply?–ed. Well, let’s see:

1) Whenever I review a book by a Columbia economics professor, there seems to be a subsequent exchange of words; 2) Sachs hasn’t taken too kindly to other reviews of this book.]

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner

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