jeffrey saks worked with a team that focused on stabilizing russia's economy. Meanwhile, an office of economists were working on the largest privatization effort ever seen. Jeff still believes his play book works; it just didn't work in russia because it wasn't actually his play book. After the break, how jeffrey sax went from advising the russian government to tattling on it.
In the early 90s, American economist Jeffrey Sachs was a part of a team that tried to transform Russia's economy. It did not go as planned. He tells us what he thinks went so wrong. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
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