TANG PRIZE / Economists should be like good clinical practitioners: Jeffrey Sachs
06/18/2022 05:05 PM
Economists should be like good clinical practitioners, approaching an economy as a doctor would approach the case of a patient, renowned American economist Jeffrey D. Sachs and winner of the 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development, told CNA in a recent interview in New York.
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