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Jeffrey Sachs, author of the new book, "Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet" and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. (DAVID BOILY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Jeffrey Sachs on 'Common Wealth'


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Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and leading expert in economic development, poverty elimination, and environmental sustainability, recently discussed his new book, "Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet" recently at the Commonwealth Club of California.

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