[lbo-talk] advising Dean

[Brad DeLong]

>Jim Westrich wrote:
>
>>  I hate to break up these little projection fantasies but  . . .
>>
>>  * Jeffrey Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth
>>  Institute at Columbia University and has served as an advisor to many
>>  developing nations.
>
>I'm not quite sure whose projection fantasises are being broken up here.
>
>But, Sachs' politics have evolved a good deal since his shock therapy days.
>He has written some very forceful stuff arguing that growth in many poor
>countries requires a drastic reduction in external debt, and if creditors
>won't negotiate, heavily indebted countrties should simply default. Dean
>could do worse....
>
>Josh

Actually, Jeff's politics have *not* evolved: They are the same as 
they always were. Press coverage of them has, however, changed...

Brad DeLong