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2025-02-26

" ... this is now a US world and we will do as we want ... "

Jeffrey Sachs explains the context within which the Ukraine conflict developed.

It's a sorry story, and the UK's Boris Johnson made a significant 'contribution'.

"I don't believe that there's a Collective West"

" ... or a Global South ... "

" ... China is not an enemy, China is just a success story ... "

" ... we can do so many wonderful things right now ... what do we need in order to do that? In my view, we need peace ... most importantly, there are no deep reasons for conflict anywhere ... "

" ... because we don't have enough on the planet ... as an economist I can tell you, we have plenty on the planet for everybody's development ... "

"The long term (if we don't blow ourselves up!) is very good ..."

"The question is: What is the US doing to make peace?"

 (31 minutes)

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