Jeffrey Sachs is widely considered to be the leading economist in the world. Twice he’s been Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and was named to the TIME Magazine 100 list of most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2005. A New York Times bestselling author, we had a chance to catch up with Jeffrey to discuss a wide variety of issues including his newest book, The Price of Civilization.

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One month later on December 19, Jeffrey returned to the program. This time around, we once again discussed a broad range of issues including the death of Kim Jong Il and how it would affect the United States, Mitt Romney’s budget plan, the state of education in our nation including escalating college tuition, and much more.

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