Has Jeffrey Sachs changed his tune...

Max Sawicky sawicky at epinet.org
Tue Sep 15 08:40:07 PDT 1998



> Carl Remick wrote:
> > Sachs struck me as the embodiment of Western
> > arrogance in his meddlesome, market-oriented prescriptions for Russian
> > "reform." When did he become such a bleeding heart?
> >
>
> After he spent time in Russia.
> --
> http://www.geocities.com/~comparty

I'm no fan of Sachs, but he had been making similar recommendations for rescheduling or repudiation of Third World debt well before he set foot in Russia. All this psychological speculation is quite beside the point, if the least bit of his record is known.

MBS



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