Ten years ago,Columbia economist Jeffrey Sachs prompted debate when he argued that extreme poverty could be ended by 2025. The book he wrote then, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, and is out in a fresh edition with a fresh preface,and Professor Sachs joins us to discusses the 10th anniversary edition of his influential book. His fresh foreword assesses the progress of the past decade, the work that remains to be done, or how each of us can support. He also looks ahead to 2030,the United Nations' target date for ending extreme poverty.
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