Jeffrey Sachs

Name: Jeffrey Sachs
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The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid

Japhy Wilson

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Verso Books
01 August 2014

Development economics

Series: Counterblasts

Jeffrey Sachs is a man with many faces. A celebrated economist and

special advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he is also no

stranger to the world of celebrity, accompanying Bono, Madonna and

Angelina Jolie on high-profile trips to Africa. Once notorious as the

progenitor of a brutal form of free market engineering called ""shock

therapy,"" Sachs now positions himself as a voice of progressivism,

condemning the ""1 per cent"" and promoting his solution to extreme

poverty through the Millennium Villages Project.

Appearances can be deceiving. Jeffrey Sachs: The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid

is the story of an evangelical development expert who poses as saviour

of the Third World while opening vulnerable nations to economic

exploitation. Based on documentary research and on-the-ground

investigation, Jeffrey Sachs exposes Mr. Aid as no more than a new, more human face of Dr. Shock.

By: Japhy Wilson
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 232g
ISBN: 9781781683293
ISBN 10: 1781683298
Series: Counterblasts
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Japhy Wilson is a research fellow in International Politics at the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester, UK.

Reviews for Jeffrey Sachs: The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid

""Once famous for bleeding the economies of Poland, Russia and Bolivia, and now famous for handing out Band-Aids in sub-Saharan Africa while proclaiming a reinvention of development, Jeffrey Sachs is the master of having it both ways. In this excellent, highly readable book, Japhy Wilson dissects the man, his ideas, his context and the damage that Sachs and his ilk have inflicted on so many...Anyone concerned with the crisis of global capitalism should have this book."" - Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos and Lockdown America ""Neoliberalism has adopted many guises and apostles in the several decades of its history. Some even appear to have experienced road-to-Damascus conversions. This focused book demonstrates that those who oppose the neoliberal blight ought to be careful whom they choose as an ally."" - Costas Lapavistas, author of Profiting Without Producing: How Finance Exploits Us All ""A powerful and nuanced critique of his work and involvement in neoliberal projects, and a careful analysis of his development projects in sub-Saharan Africa."" - Progressive Geographies