G8 - Inglese

We have to know when to stop

[Times - World]

The world’s best known economist, once named by Time magazine as among the world’s most influential people, is small, neat and rushing to get his schedule back on track after a delayed flight from New York. Jeffrey Sachs has been a key influence on Bono, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Without Sachs, Blair’s Commission for Africa and the G8’s Gleneagles commitment to alleviating poverty in the continent would not have happened.