{"product_id":"9780767929424","title":"The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMunk, Nina\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/7\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecipient of \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy's\u003c\/i\u003e 2013 Albie Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 2006, Jeffrey Sachs—celebrated economist, special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and author of the influential bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe End of Poverty—\u003c\/i\u003e launched the Millennium Villages Project, a daring, $120-million experiment designed to test his theories about ending poverty. For six years, Nina Munk shadowed Sachs on his trips to Africa, listened in on conversations with heads-of-state and humanitarian organizations, and immersed herself in the lives of people in two remote African villages.  Munk came to understand the real-life issues that challenge Sachs’s formula for ending global poverty. \u003ci\u003eThe Idealist\u003c\/i\u003e is the profound and moving story of what happens when the abstract theories of a brilliant, driven man meet the realities of human life.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350832840959,"sku":"9780767929424","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780767929424_s600x595.jpg?v=1775597708","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780767929424","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}