mshendrix 's review for:

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey D. Sachs

4.0

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I have finally finished reading this book! It took me almost a month, because although I have ok mathematical reasoning, the economic concepts were complicated, and I wanted to be sure I understood them. I would very much like to teach this book somewhere, someday. Not only does it lay out Sachs's thesis that the end of extreme poverty is achievable, but it presents a lot of historical background for the way the world is the way it is. I can see this book playing a part in a history or geography class. I am really looking forward to reading his more recent book, The Price of Civilization, because I am interested in knowing how his ideas/plans changed after the downturn of 2008.