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Jeffrey Sachs

1954 - Today

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Jeffrey David Sachs ( SAKS; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst, professor at Columbia University, where he was former director of The Earth Institute. He is known for his work on sustainable development, economic development, and the fight to end poverty. Sachs is Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeffrey Sachs has received more than 2,261,856 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jeffrey Sachs is the 204th most popular economist (up from 236th in 2019), the 3,436th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,537th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Economist.

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  • 52.87

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jeffrey Sachs ranks 204 out of 315. Before him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Alvin Hansen, Dennis Meadows, Lars Peter Hansen, Harold Laski, and Mancur Olson. After him are Michel Camdessus, Peter Senge, Albert O. Hirschman, Arthur Melvin Okun, Abba P. Lerner, and Clément Juglar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jeffrey Sachs ranks 126. Before him are Paul Rusesabagina, Bobby Sands, David Lee Roth, Karin Fossum, Margaux Hemingway, and Phil Taylor. After him are Abdelilah Benkirane, Jon Krakauer, László Krasznahorkai, Henk ten Cate, Viktor Medvedchuk, and Branko Ivanković.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeffrey Sachs ranks 3,436 out of 18,182. Before him are Gig Young (1913), René Auberjonois (1940), Ben Turpin (1869), Gregory Jarvis (1944), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), and Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857). After him are Jessica Walter (1941), Mickey Spillane (1918), Geraldine Farrar (1882), Paul Giamatti (1967), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), and Dana Andrews (1909).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Jeffrey Sachs ranks 69. Before him are Paul Volcker (1927), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Alvin Hansen (1887), Dennis Meadows (1942), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), and Mancur Olson (1932). After him are Peter Senge (1947), Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), William Baumol (1922), Thomas Sowell (1930), David D. Friedman (1945), and Benjamin Tucker (1854).

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