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Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Jeffrey D. Sachs's personal blog at jeffsachs.org covers economics and politics. Since 2015, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “The US should compromise on NATO to save Ukraine”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Jeffrey Sachs's site for his op-eds and his own account of his role in Russia's 1990s economic reforms. It is also cited on US health insurance, the Soviet collapse, and US foreign policy.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.
Most-linked posts?
- The US should compromise on NATO to save Ukraine2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-28
What Hacker News says?
http://jeffsachs.org/2017/06/jeffrey-sachs-america-can-save-...
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on “A Glimpse into the Bureaucratic Hell of Denying Health Insurance Claims”Submitted The US should compromise on NATO to save Ukraine as a story · 11 points
HN discussionHere's Jeffrey Sachs' account of his role: http://jeffsachs.org/2012/03/what-i-did-in-russia/ You can see he did NOT advocate shock therapy and resigned when he realized he could do nothing about growing corruption.
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on “Advanced economies are so sick we need a new way to think about them”Submitted Columbia's Sachs Criticizes NATO's Handling of Ukraine as a story · 9 points
HN discussionRussians were open for open liberal reforms and to become part of the EU and Western world. People were sick of Communist rule and praised US culture. The problem is that US/EU betrayed liebral reforms in Russia with the goal of dismantling the state. USA supported liberal reforms in Central Europe/Warsaw pact countries like Hungary Romania Poland where shock therapy provided transition from communist economy to lib…
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on “What Is To Be Done? The book that helped spark the Russian Revolution”Submitted European Russophobia and Europe's Rejection of Peace: A Two-Century Failure as a story · 2 points
HN discussionInteresting how two Americans who were present in Moscow provide similar analyses but come to completely different conclusions. "How the Neocons Chose Hegemony Over Peace Beginning in the Early 1990s" https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/bfsmbpe4plx7cc6...
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on “Timothy Snyder on How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Took America by Surprise”Submitted Jeffrey Sachs: the West’s false narrative about Russia and China as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThey were informal assurances. Jeffrey Sachs was there at the time. https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/gafr872ellaha3w...
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on “Debunking Seymour Hersh's Alta-Class Claims”Submitted Postcard from Transoxania as a story · 1 points
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