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Jeffrey Sachs

American economist

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An economist and UN adviser who champions the Sustainable Development Goals, more aid to poor countries and diplomacy over confrontation among great powers.

Jeffrey Sachs sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly globalist on nation, strongly peace-first on war and peace and strongly nature-first on environment.

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Where Jeffrey Sachs sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Jeffrey Sachs

Willy Brandt Chancellor of West Germany, 1969 to 197499%Albert Einstein Physicist, 1879 to 195598%Nicola Sturgeon First Minister of Scotland, 2014 to 202398%Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet leader, 1985 to 199198%Mariana Mazzucato Italian-American economist98%Helen Clark Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1999 to 200898%Gough Whitlam Prime Minister of Australia, 1972 to 197598%Tim Berners-Lee British inventor of the World Wide Web97%

People furthest from Jeffrey Sachs

Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19435%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)5%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 19455%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 20225%

Political views closest to Jeffrey Sachs

Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…97%Basic income movementArgues that every citizen should receive a regular, unconditional payment to end poverty…96%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…96%Effective altruismUses evidence and reason to find the most effective ways of doing good, often favoring…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.