I think the IMF helped to detonate the I... by Jeffrey Sachs | We Heart Quotes

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I think the IMF helped to detonate the Indonesian crisis.

- Jeffrey Sachs

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Ideas Sense Rest World

We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy.

- Jeffrey Sachs

Experience World

Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.

- Jeffrey Sachs

It's not so unusual to run out of someone else's currency.

- Jeffrey Sachs

Fear Freedom Want

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

- Jeffrey Sachs

Strength Right Now Will

There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We're going to have to face up to some realities that we're not fully facing up to right now.

- Jeffrey Sachs

Idea

The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.

- Jeffrey Sachs

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