02 - Jeffrey Sachs on Charter Cities and How to Reform Graduate Economics Education (Live at Mason)

Summary: Tyler Cowen and Jeffrey Sachs discuss the resource curse, why Russia failed and Poland succeeded, charter cities, Sach's China optimism, JFK, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, whether Africa will be able to overcome the middle income trap, Paul Krugman, Sach's favorite novel, premature deindustrialization, and how to reform graduate economics education. Transcript and links: https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/jeffrey-sachs-on-the-future-of-economic-development-2650c27b2776 Follow Jeffrey Sachs: https://twitter.com/JeffDSachs Follow us on social: FB: www.facebook.com/cowenconvos Twitter: twitter.com/cowenconvos