The End of American Exceptionalism

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  • “We don’t look after each other at all,” says Jeffrey Sachs on America today
    Jeffrey Sachs sits down with Rob Johnson to discuss his new book, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (Columbia University Press, 2018).

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  • @jonnysmokesmusic
    @jonnysmokesmusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1347

    Nowadays the only thing exceptional in America is the greed and stupidity. 😕

    • @quantly
      @quantly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      No worry. Link anything you are angry at to China. That will make USA heaven forever.

    • @lynnebarnes3840
      @lynnebarnes3840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@quantly or Russia, they never take responsibility for their violence and neglect of their own citizenry.

    • @margyeoman3564
      @margyeoman3564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      And ignorance.

    • @monkeydog8681
      @monkeydog8681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      The hell you talking about.
      In terms of guns per capita and prisoner per capita merica still #1.

    • @tongqin6152
      @tongqin6152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Being as a Chinese, have to say US is still super strong. Under no chance that a country can survive such a extravagance, I mean little screening, late mask equipment... Look at India, Taiwan and other US solid allies, what the chaos and hurt when they fall into the same situation like US months ago.

  • @bsim4431
    @bsim4431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +752

    Jeffery Sachs earned my respect the day he went on MSNBC and told the truth about the CIA starting the Syrian War.

    • @randomname931
      @randomname931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      The CIA carried out many covert operations to either start wars or coups to topple governments. Now they are trying to destabilize China by concocting lies about muslim genocide. Since when did our govt start caring about muslims?

    • @mohammadsareh4732
      @mohammadsareh4732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Dont let uneducated people run the country. We no longer live in 7th century.

    • @ksang2121
      @ksang2121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@randomname931 Swapping out one authoritarian state for another. Like the CCP are any better than the US 😂

    • @willo7979
      @willo7979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ksang2121 the extrovert vs the introvert?

    • @ksang2121
      @ksang2121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@willo7979 No... more like Western imperialist authoritarian state vs Eastern Imperialist authoritarian state.

  • @robertcammon5969
    @robertcammon5969 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    "We haven't solved a single problem in over 30 years"
    "We don't take care of our people"
    Amazing quotes.

    • @ottomeyer6928
      @ottomeyer6928 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      why bother with people? cost money

    • @kwokholuk8723
      @kwokholuk8723 ปีที่แล้ว

      well said !!!

    • @nsebast
      @nsebast ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No profit in helping people. Wars make money.

    • @tocreatee3585
      @tocreatee3585 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why awkward as hell??

    • @tedmusson5179
      @tedmusson5179 ปีที่แล้ว

      ameriKKKa has created myriad problems in half or a quarter of a millennia of genocide, slavery and war mongering. It has solved nothing.
      ameriKKKa has been from its inception humanity's existential enemy. Humanity's chance of surviving it and its zionazi buddy israel and nazi buddy Ukraine are slim and none. The slim chance is the possible success commun(PEOPLE)ism offers over barbarikkk
      Kkkapital(MONEY)ism. The zero chance is the probable success of satanic murderous racist character ameriKKKa has shown from its inception.

  • @matziorinis
    @matziorinis ปีที่แล้ว +302

    "We are a danger to ourselves" this quote says it all. Any true thinking American can see and agrees with this.

    • @jaalejoole7469
      @jaalejoole7469 ปีที่แล้ว

      America is missing the most important point of all. And that is trust. They’re not good at trusting, and their foreign policy is reckless. They took the untrusting road. Their last hope is taking advantage of those who trusted them back. And I do acknowledge that is an unfortunate reality to conceive especially someone likes you who believes the idea of American exceptionalism. America will never forget the atrocities they’ve committed throughout history, because it’s before their eyes. So, they can’t fathom trusting others without putting them in the grave.😕 That’s it. There is nothing else wrong with America.

    • @sekki327
      @sekki327 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      to the world more than yourselves

    • @jaalejoole7469
      @jaalejoole7469 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sekki327 To the extend, they freeze 7 billions dollar from Afghanistan. And made the Afghan people die in famine. Why? because the afghans people refused to play the rule of America. So, they have to suffer? America can not even settle and fix their own issues let alone fix the problem of the world. 😏

    • @tmo2798
      @tmo2798 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice one, Sekki. 🤙

    • @willengel2458
      @willengel2458 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sachs was the architect of "Shock therapy" and he witnessed firsthand the pain and sufferings the Russians went through. am glad he learned from his mistakes.

  • @keffinsg
    @keffinsg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +652

    A very rare creature indeed, a sane, humble and reasonable American.

    • @literung8767
      @literung8767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes, as everyone swallowed the sweet propoganda. Only he, the rare ones, who had not. Though they were untrue they nevertheless were intended to benefit white Americans. Thus they follow the graph - of the duke of York: when they were up, they were up, and when they were down, they all tumbled down.

    • @tiberio1352
      @tiberio1352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Read Chomsky....I have known this for years.

    • @tonytan6547
      @tonytan6547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A rare gem

    • @andrewbaumann2661
      @andrewbaumann2661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Maybe they're not actually that rare. It's just that the sane, reasonable and humble Americans aren't allowed anywhere near a news camera, for fear that they might make the country more sane, humble and reasonable, which is something that cannot be tolerated.

    • @user-qn6yt3zx3w
      @user-qn6yt3zx3w 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@andrewbaumann2661 indeed!

  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +904

    I believe that any system that is truly "exceptional" does not need to create endless war in order to prove it.

    • @rms1034
      @rms1034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You call it "creating endless war" but it's more like "constantly having to deter and defend" it's large network of allies and friendly like minded nations around the world from external threats from destabilizers and adversary powers such as Russia China Iran Iraq (formally) and stateless actors such as alqaeda Taliban and ISIS. The free democratic free market world basically enjoys augmented safety and security under the US defense umbrella. Which the US provides due to the strategic, economic and diplomatic benefits to itself.

    • @tiffsaver
      @tiffsaver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      @@rms1034
      You sound EXACTLY like a pro-Military/Industrial Complex stooge, don't you??

    • @margyeoman3564
      @margyeoman3564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@rms1034
      You drank the cool-ade.

    • @punyashloka4946
      @punyashloka4946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@rms1034 its easily to lecture nonsense when your country is not bombed.

    • @rms1034
      @rms1034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@punyashloka4946 the us only bombs countries that are adversaries or are breeding grounds for terrorists or Islamic extremism. Meanwhile the US alliance net work has enjoyed unprecedented peace and prosperity. No bombs. Perhaps countries should expel their authoritarians liberalized democratize and become free capitalist markets and above all come into alignment with the rest of the Free world the international community that supports the US world order and thus enjoy the safety and security under her umbrella. Then the bombs might stop. Join the club. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇪🇺🇯🇵🇹🇼🇰🇷🇵🇭🇮🇱

  • @shakuntalalivneh8742
    @shakuntalalivneh8742 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    The root of the problem starts with the thinking no one else matters.
    " we don't look after each other" says Jeffery Sachs and that is where the problem begins and ends . Truly spoken.

    • @syta657
      @syta657 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Exactly, it's the narcissist century.

    • @genelarson6849
      @genelarson6849 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kremlin believes ukraine doesnt matter they have no right to self determination just a chess piece a minor pawn why did all these nations sign on to nato in the first place poland the baltic states no answer is needed

    • @bonniesue1273
      @bonniesue1273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The real problem is the american political system. This country wastes so many money in Elections and a weak government is elected whose policy couldn't last for 4 years. A country without a long-term and achievable goal will lose their future.

    • @Wills276
      @Wills276 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because your governmeny is busy making money for himself and the people around him. Imagine the people who really hate America is the America government 😢

    • @spy_balloon
      @spy_balloon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The real problem is american as whole, all of them from education to political
      They are proven mostly wrong and always say that was right until proven otherwise

  • @RachelBrinkmeier
    @RachelBrinkmeier ปีที่แล้ว +398

    We need to start paying attention to all the alarm bells ringing because things are getting really out of hand, people are facing the highest cost of living in nearly four decades. My question is where should we put our investment money now to better prepare for the future and a liquidity crisis? I have $102,000 to grow

    • @DanLeahfort
      @DanLeahfort ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good question what steps can we take to generate more income during quantitative tightening? because all signs suggest that 2023 will be a year of severe economic pain all over the nation. I have $60k i want to transfer into an s&s isa but its hard to bite the bullet and do it.

    • @GarrettDills
      @GarrettDills ปีที่แล้ว +3

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    • @TeresaBrickle
      @TeresaBrickle ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GarrettDills I agree. Based on firsthand encounter with a fiduciary counselor KATHERINE DUFFY BURKE, i have $385k in a well diversified portfolio which has grown by 3x with compounding, venturing doesn’t necessarily boil down to money but you also have to be informed, be patient and back it up with good hands

    • @ThormanBoucher
      @ThormanBoucher ปีที่แล้ว +2

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    • @TeresaBrickle
      @TeresaBrickle ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @alvarez6487
    @alvarez6487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    As an American I hate the idea of American exceptionalism. I hate how we’re bombing other nations. I hate our feeling of superiority, our over-manufacturing of militarism, and our illegal acts of imperialism. It’s a racist attitude that creates violence.

    • @cashewnuttel9054
      @cashewnuttel9054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If you hate then why aren't you stopping it?

    • @mostbestjia627
      @mostbestjia627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ike warned us 70 years ago to be careful about military industrial complex dictating our foreign policy, and unfortunately that’s what’s happening now.

    • @lemurforlife
      @lemurforlife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@cashewnuttel9054 so because he has no power to stop it means he cannot criticize?

    • @cashewnuttel9054
      @cashewnuttel9054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lemurforlife That's right.

    • @Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman
      @Affluent-Ghetto-Blackman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cashewnuttel9054 Lol I could tell you’re one of those that don’t mind bending over and getting fucked. Instead you defend the fuckers and tell everybody else to “just take it”.

  • @jamshedsethna3428
    @jamshedsethna3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    He recently went on BBC in UK and told the truth to their annoyance

    • @The0ldg0at
      @The0ldg0at 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      The current UK seem to have taken US arrogance and unrealism as model for their foreign policies.

    • @bloodybonescomic
      @bloodybonescomic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      UK is US mini me.

    • @seanh.2559
      @seanh.2559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      UK's fortune to a large extent is dependent on the hegemony of the USA, by simply hiding behind its 'son', the USA, UK is benefit a lot on the world stage.

    • @Mad_Intalect
      @Mad_Intalect 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@The0ldg0at Current?? You already forgotten about their empire?

    • @The0ldg0at
      @The0ldg0at 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Mad_Intalect They sold off that empire to the US to pay for their WWII huge debt. There was a time between then and now they admitted the fact that they where no more a super power that could bend any foreign economy to their will. But the time they are a changing.

  • @chrislainaviansou533
    @chrislainaviansou533 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I am trying so hard to hold back my tears. Because I don’t understand how a society can choose high level of ignorance and arrogance above everything else.

    • @yihaooo6924
      @yihaooo6924 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You feel sorry for your country?

    • @Bigapple22222
      @Bigapple22222 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I feel it in him too. He is trying very hard to convey the message. A MAN with knowledge, wisdom and a heart!

    • @kali542
      @kali542 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it is very hard to comprehend and very sad. Agreed. Thank you for your comment.

    • @wolfee904
      @wolfee904 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When I woke up this morning there were tears on my pillow

    • @BigBri550
      @BigBri550 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to 21 Century America. The US has been abdicating its progressive, democratic ideals for the past 40 years, but now it's become exponential.

  • @BeelP.
    @BeelP. ปีที่แล้ว +57

    An eye opener of an interview! I am in awe of Prof Sach's clear eyed view of the realities that the world faces.

  • @peterohman8469
    @peterohman8469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    As a non American that is the way I see the USA.

    • @havanascp9602
      @havanascp9602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I see it that way as well and I'm american. He is dead on on everything. Specially infrasture. Our country is crumbling

    • @alexiswinter7056
      @alexiswinter7056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      As an american this is how I see the USA.

    • @renatelittlejohn177
      @renatelittlejohn177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Me too.

    • @ganeshram863
      @ganeshram863 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Agree America is hellhole

    • @ABG1983
      @ABG1983 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So what marvelous country do you reside?

  • @Amuzic
    @Amuzic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    This man is in so much pain. The pain of having a sense of belonging to a nation and then seeing that everyone else is going downhill faster and faster. I feel for you Sir. You are a good man.

    • @tchirn
      @tchirn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yours is the reply of an idiota!

    • @antediluvianatheist5262
      @antediluvianatheist5262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@tchirn that would be you.

    • @peterpham6956
      @peterpham6956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes we agree CCP wish to attack every countries

    • @zygmuntb
      @zygmuntb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This man (Geoffrey Sachs) is an ass-hole... In Yiddish - it's a schmuck.

    • @lorrainewest7408
      @lorrainewest7408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@zygmuntb Truth hurts sometimes. Sachs is true in his words & deeds.

  • @kennedynyangacha3171
    @kennedynyangacha3171 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I can listen to this Man a million times a day without getting tired since he talks peace and practical ways to achieve it at all times.
    May God Bless His Wisdom nor and forever more.

  • @user-yw5wf6kz5t
    @user-yw5wf6kz5t 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I just want to take a moment to thank the host who gave Prof.Sachs ample space to talk by not cutting him off and imposing ideas on him. Of course, Prof is brilliant and honest as always.

  • @ramonng7054
    @ramonng7054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    watching this 2 years later, and every word is like prophecy....spot on

    • @geofffesh2080
      @geofffesh2080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      JFK was the last of his kind. It's been one sabotage after another by this nation since then.

    • @iggy5347
      @iggy5347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes. China sends rovers to mars wow amazing

    • @proy7248
      @proy7248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And yet people says Sachs is a Chinese shill. Just plain Stupidity.

    • @KyleRuggles
      @KyleRuggles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup!

    • @melvinklark4088
      @melvinklark4088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@geofffesh2080 jfk dint do much

  • @8624emmali
    @8624emmali 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    My parents visited me in Manhattan in 2014. By the time they were leaving my dad said, instead of poking their noses into other countries/region’s business, Americans should mind their own business first, this country is poorly managed itself.

    • @asyongmatipid2
      @asyongmatipid2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, if America was only self-centered and minded it's own business it wouldn't have opened it's markets to a flood of imports from Asia. It wouldn't have offshored and hollowed out it's industries to China and elsewhere, it wouldn't have helped Europe or Japan recover from the ashes of World War II. Your parents would most likely be unable to send you to America or even visit you in the first place coz Asia would still be impoverished and China won't have any diplomatic relations with the US coz the US wouldn't care about that country's "closed door policy".

  • @limchopstick4458
    @limchopstick4458 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love this gentleman Sachs talks he is a man of integrity fair and straight to the point the world would be a paradise if we have more people of this nature

  • @abcxyz6606
    @abcxyz6606 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Professor Sach speaks the truth even when it's uncomfortable for some to hear👏👏👏👏👏

  • @theancientsancients1769
    @theancientsancients1769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +548

    This man is a true educated patriot that is warning his countrymen which i hope are listening. ✌

    • @ABG1983
      @ABG1983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He's pointing out the obvious. Nothing he says is new, enlightening or solution-focused.

    • @themsmloveswar3985
      @themsmloveswar3985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alongside Robert Lustig, he is America's best hero. But the TV media will NOT let him get any traction.

    • @franciscoestrada5995
      @franciscoestrada5995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ABG1983 lots of people in the us see this as utterly false

    • @dennyli9339
      @dennyli9339 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@franciscoestrada5995
      He is now in "exile"....

    • @jamespena5246
      @jamespena5246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You brainwashed globalist sheep this guy hates
      USA and is a Sorus puppet watch him at the Vatican. Look at at open borders Europe are they doing good

  • @paulvandijck6476
    @paulvandijck6476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    I am a Dutchman living in Europe, who wants to greet these two outstanding Americans. Thank you, gentlemen!

    • @davidward9662
      @davidward9662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have read that the USA military will not enlist anyone with an IQ less than 87. Having read your comment I understand why. I dont know what language they are using but it is not English. The very word "Exceptionalism" is not Engliash. It is an Oximoron word that maintains oppersits at the same time. Its some king of village idiot giggle talk but it is not English.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Paul van Dijck
      The Netherlands would not exist without American Exceptionalism. Right now it would have been under a Nazi flag if it was not for the exceptional young men of America.
      And after WW2 the US protected the Netherlands from the USSR that wanted to conquer Europe.
      There is no getting around this fact. The man in that video is full of crap,

    • @allardfreichmann3733
      @allardfreichmann3733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you know what the word Yankee comes from?

    • @audleymclean2983
      @audleymclean2983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bighands69 ..Your Education is limited, this is why you can't understand, this man's sentiment, you're actually pill back the hands of time instead for being futuristic, placing people like you in leadership would be a great tragedy for mankind.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@audleymclean2983
      The US system of separation of power is exceptional. It has meant that people who have tried to attack the system have failed.
      The US system means that no one group can obtain too much power. Republicans had all three branches of the government and really could do nothing that would enact large sweeping changes. Democrats are now in the same seat.
      The American system protected Europe from the Nazis and USSR.

  • @gerardogallardo3316
    @gerardogallardo3316 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    After listening to Mr. Sachs I was left speechless.
    Mr. Sachs message is clear, concise, accurate and relevant.
    Our World certainly needs more people like him helping us navigate the complexities of coexistence unlike the scoundrels we currently have in the ruling elite.
    Thank you for sharing.

  • @miromark1375
    @miromark1375 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I am completely impressed with all statements which this smart and educated man stated here in this unique conversation with a man who was asking very difficult questions. Bravo. Bravo Bravo!

  • @francisy5733
    @francisy5733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    As a Chinese I have to say Americans should be happy that they have such a great patriotic man who really cares about their country.

    • @ralphphillips2232
      @ralphphillips2232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1 year later and that comment makes you look like a f00l!

    • @lbchen6160
      @lbchen6160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ralph Phillips thousands ago our great thinker told us “国虽大 好战必亡”. Apparently Americans are too young to understand it

    • @bloodybonescomic
      @bloodybonescomic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lbchen6160 Those Chinese characters are read as a large curse word. So yep. We must agree.

    • @drsmetal2747
      @drsmetal2747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, not a good time be Asian in America thanks to the racist conman you supported.

    • @francisy5733
      @francisy5733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@drsmetal2747 Sorry, I dont understand. What did he do?

  • @nathanswann1198
    @nathanswann1198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    "economics should be a science for the common good."
    I love everything this guy said.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is just fancy words that appeals to Commies.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "the first rule of poltics is to ignore the first rule of economics" Pierre Pollievre 2022.

    • @dlfields8429
      @dlfields8429 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes sir ..We all can learn from Dr. Jeffrey Sachs especially our government

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Carrotstick296
      Thanks for agreeing with me that communism is naive.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Dennis Plum
      So what positives could you be referring to would it be increased taxes, out of control inflation or how about not allowing ordinary hard working people to own a motor car.

  • @emlization
    @emlization ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We need leaders who think more like Jeffrey Sachs. What’s an exceptional human. I applaud this man.

  • @natalieseeto3467
    @natalieseeto3467 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the few Americans who speaks with integrity and common sense

  • @wodroi
    @wodroi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    a wise professor, and very modest , who understand the world .

  • @rafaelcamilo4887
    @rafaelcamilo4887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    It is refreshing to listen someone with clear sense of direction as we go to the abyss.

    • @Newton14alan
      @Newton14alan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LOL! Well said!

    • @Newton14alan
      @Newton14alan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @NEO GEO Maybe. I think a better bet might be mass starvation...with a lot of "smaller mass deaths", along the way, in the form of shootings and such. It's never been a better time to be old.
      In all seriousness--and from the bottom of my heart--I feel so sorry for the youth of today. It is absolutely awful, the position that they will be in, as they try to survive.
      You would think that, as bad as things are really going to be, we would see this topic discussed at great lengths on every broadcasting station available. But, instead, it seems like we all have our heads in the sand.
      Be well, NEO GEO.

    • @MONICAANICA
      @MONICAANICA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true. Truth being told we become free 💕

    • @dessmith7658
      @dessmith7658 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And it all comes from America

    • @nsebast
      @nsebast ปีที่แล้ว

      American citizens cant stop this until it's too late. The elites run this country. It's a democracy for the Top 1%. They are the ones getting the politicians a candidate. The average citizens just choose between the two elites' choices.

  • @mashiurchowdhury8536
    @mashiurchowdhury8536 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is how an educator explains things compare to politicians. Very clear and straight to the point.

  • @johnloftin2461
    @johnloftin2461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If we were so exceptional, we wouldn't have to keep saying we're exceptional. I never realized how warped the whole idea was. Live and learn

  • @frankliu7118
    @frankliu7118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Professor Jeffrey Sachs, a man of integrity and humanitarian, speaks the conscience of human kind.

    • @dlfields8429
      @dlfields8429 ปีที่แล้ว

      indeed

    • @janneyovertheocean9558
      @janneyovertheocean9558 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Professor Sachs is a man wrapped in the wrong way of looking at things when analyzing critical geopolitical issues when facing fascist ideology such as communism, which is even worse and more evil than Hitler and Mussolini's version. His so confident of his views and experiences having worked in and for Soviets Union during its last stage of days and in/for China under CCP, advocating treating these two mean-spirited nations as equals and cater to their own hegemony ambitions, while totally ignores the horrific history of human loss of Stalin's USSR and Mao's China. Mr. Sachs was fooled by China's external glittering achievements mentioning things like their 5G, extensive high speed rail system, and other 'high-tech' etc. Now we know China's 5G was almost totally dependent on the U.S.'s technology (chips), their high speed rail system was built on European and Japanese technology, including all the major components for the trains and control system, plus most were non-profitable routes so much so that the company running these railway has a 6-trillion dollar debt burden hanging overhead, their many high rise buildings, including one of the world's tallest in Tian-jian, went uncompleted or un-occupied. Today's Russia after being under the stewardship of Putin for 22 years, ended up starting a war on Ukraine, a country they claim to be of the great Slavic origin. I don't doubt that Prof. Sachs is a man of integrity and a humanitarian, but his approach to these two awful pariah nations is very wrong and dangerous. The world is always in danger due to aggressors, not human rights respecting nations such as the U.S., U.K. and France. German and Japan eventually leaned the lesson after harming the world greatly, we cannot placate the two last vestiges of evil-spirited communist or post-communism nations with persons like Putin and Xi in charge. We either stand up to them and their way of doing things, or we bow down and give up our conviction and way of life. Which is the right and preferable thing to do? I would choose to stand up to them and prepare ourselves and show our will to defend what is the right formula for humanity.

    • @turboelectro
      @turboelectro ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janneyovertheocean9558 lmao you are a special kind of retard. stop watching youtube.

    • @janneyovertheocean9558
      @janneyovertheocean9558 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turboelectro Sure I am a retard. I happen to be a retired M.D.

    • @kwokholuk8723
      @kwokholuk8723 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janneyovertheocean9558
      You are brainwashed by your anti-CCP and anti-Russia medias

  • @lemonarry
    @lemonarry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    One of the saddest fact of the USA is that bright and wise people like Prof. Sachs would never be interested in running for president. Then you get people like Trump & Pence...

    • @robertyw2842
      @robertyw2842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      The established vested interests would never allow a person like Sachs to run for the presidency.

    • @renatelittlejohn177
      @renatelittlejohn177 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      One step in the right direction would be to see Professor Sachs and many more like him making the rounds on cable tv. But they are being denigrated as the bad lefties while the ignorant righties like the Santorums of this world with tunnel vision are making the rounds indoctrinating the voters with their own stupidity. Mr. Sachs and others are actually taboo to come on tv, they would make the voters think based on real facts.

    • @schneidervon3641
      @schneidervon3641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No,because of vested groups.You can hardly make a change

    • @oliviermuhigirwa6576
      @oliviermuhigirwa6576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jeffrey Sachs sucks!
      His economic theory is not a solution, it is only a false illusion that is both not functional and unsuitable.

    • @oliviermuhigirwa6576
      @oliviermuhigirwa6576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There's a reason Sachs is not running for president, he wouldn't make it.

  • @estebana.miralles3619
    @estebana.miralles3619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This was a brilliant and very thoughtful discussion. I truly enjoy it!!

  • @ESO529
    @ESO529 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Much respect as always to Prof Sachs - I love to listen to his train of thoughts. One can put the American "exceptionalism" in simple terms if one looks at the never ending wars since practically its existence. They never overcame the criminal past of the ex-convicts who were settled in the then overseas territory and who killed millions of red Indians with impunity nor did they leave the "Wild West" and cowboy mentality behind them. Up until today they believe that everything can and should be solved with a gun. To those who are familiar with the PNAC (Project for a New American Century) - the thinking has never changed, only the weapons have become more sophisticated.
    Example 1: how they claim to bring "Freedom and Democracy" to those downtrodden on the wings of their B52 bombers ... they bomb the countries to smithereens, the last 4 Presidents (excl. Trump) caused alone in the Middle East roughly 11 Mio civilian casualties (talking about war crimes!!!!), loot their resources and walk away after years and years of robbery. Or as they did in their fight against the Taliban - after 20 years of fighting "terrorism of the Taliban" ... they handed not only the country back to them but also as a little gift sophisticated and functioning weaponry!
    Example 2: how they believe that everybody must dance to their tunes and if not, they simple organize and finance through their Embassies and operatives on the ground a coup in the most plump and obvious ways (to add insult to injury I guess) to change the government of any state ... and in reality all they want is just to plunder their natural resources. One could also engage in trading on a level of partnership rather than highway robbery like the US does.
    The reason why there was no "Coup d'Etat" so far in the United States is simple ... there is no US Embassy there ...

    • @Mulberry2000
      @Mulberry2000 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Its deeper than that the Americans see their nation as exceptional because they believed they defeated the British empire on their own, never mind others did most of fighting for them. The Americans marvel at how they did it, so to them they must be exceptional as God shone his eyes upon America. It this belief that under pins the American exceptional thought. It does not matter the British army won most of its battles and its navy only lost one off Yorktown. The problem is the US ignores the fact other nations funded them and help them win, in fact all they had to do was be like the French and be on the winning team, in which they did. The exceptional myth is powerful for them, it also raises them as another chosen people who must dominate. Telling American's this, they get very shirty when i say well if America is exceptional, then the brits must be even more because they could speak the "American" language well before the Americans did and that makes them rather exceptional lol.

  • @Fedaasalman
    @Fedaasalman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Syrian here, great respect for this man! Brings me hope that America can change one day.

    • @welldawnday3772
      @welldawnday3772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Could a single swallow or a few ones bring back the lost spring?

    • @lsjperera
      @lsjperera 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A day will come ...to pay what they done to Syria and its people thousands of lives lost without a meaning of any sort.

  • @sandall7398
    @sandall7398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I'm from the UK. I wish we had this man running our country.

    • @vickyouko2490
      @vickyouko2490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You people are lucky to have Exceptional Boris running the UK!

    • @sandall7398
      @sandall7398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@vickyouko2490 Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

    • @timothyrockwell2638
      @timothyrockwell2638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm in America and I wish people like Sachs were running the country and the world. In the wake of COVID I've started asking, what good is having the world's best medical professionals and economists if we never listen to them? The fact is that the US is a civilization in decline, and we value greed and grift over anything else because the most successful people in the US politically and economically are thieves and liars. There are no ethical billionaires.

    • @dglenday8705
      @dglenday8705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@timothyrockwell2638 Well said.

    • @weinasg1371
      @weinasg1371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He’s too smart for their country’s corporates to manipulate. Haven’t you realised that this is already the pattern for so many years?

  • @bluesun2001
    @bluesun2001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This professor is so right on infrastructure in the US 🤦‍♀️ Living in Singapore for 5 years and traveling across East Asia showed me how old and backwards the US is. This Ametican cockiness, entitlement and exceptionalism is mindblowing and sad. We, the Soviets, too were cocky and proud of ourselves, untill our country collapsed. I hope the best for America and the whole world.

  • @abdullahilaboabubakar5983
    @abdullahilaboabubakar5983 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you prof.jeffrey Sachs. This is the man who speaks from inner voice. May the Almighty God bless you and your family with these comprehensive lectures. American should learn from this great professor. My best regards. From northern Nigeria.

  • @juttagalbory6659
    @juttagalbory6659 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I've been questioning the term "American Exceptionalism" for some time. To me , it never signified anything positive about the nation, rather something negative...the bully claiming rights over other countries.

    • @nanakokuroi3619
      @nanakokuroi3619 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plain racisst

    • @ijustfelldown
      @ijustfelldown ปีที่แล้ว

      That is actually what it is. Americans claim moral high ground but they go around sponsoring actual terrorists and authoritarian states. They criticise democracies bigger than theirs of not being "free" while being controlled by a few corporations in a single trenchcoat.
      When India and Pakistan were fighting a war in the 90s, the US hedged the bets in favour of Pakistan. Pumped millions worth of military assets in a losing war, followed by trillions more to secure military bases in South Asia; only to have that investment being returned in the form of 9/11 masterminds living in safety in Pakistan for more than a decade.

  • @ScaeanGate
    @ScaeanGate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Professor Sachs - bless him for his honesty, wisdom, and concern for the entire world.

    • @IanPunter
      @IanPunter ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Youve ben taken in by a master conman.

    • @gideonsoegiarto2583
      @gideonsoegiarto2583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% agree.

    • @ZhaoYimin
      @ZhaoYimin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      诚实的教授

    • @anwiycti1585
      @anwiycti1585 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ZhaoYimin …外加糊塗:D

    • @ZhaoYimin
      @ZhaoYimin ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anwiycti1585 😥

  • @NEMO-NEMO
    @NEMO-NEMO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m happy you hv identified the problem. Most poor people hv know this economic ugliness for at least 30 years. They lived it.
    Now,
    What are we to do?
    Revolution?

  • @reercaligamaan714
    @reercaligamaan714 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is the right person worth to listen. He is a great intellectual. I would like such man to lead the nation.

  • @SaltLake180
    @SaltLake180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Excellent and realistic talk. We as a country are in deep trouble without realizing it. Stop destroying other countries in the name of liberation and solve our own problems.

    • @wolfee904
      @wolfee904 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Instead of talking about liberation you should learn how to play a Moog Liberator like the musicians in the band Devo it might take your mind off all of this

    • @davesmith826
      @davesmith826 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The US is in dire straits. It may spend more on its military than the next seven highest-spending nations combined, but that gigantic outlay has diverted resources from the civilian economy and it is the civilian economy, not the military industrial complex, that determines the long-term health of a nation. You only need speak to the Russians to confirm this. The Soviet Union collapsed because it participated in an arms race it could not afford. The US won this race because it had a stronger economic base to begin with, but that base has been crumbling for decades and will be surpassed by China by 2050.

    • @wongpohchan9485
      @wongpohchan9485 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davesmith826 don't wait for 2050. China will surpass the US in all aspects by 2030, latest by 2035.

    • @taraloren37
      @taraloren37 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davesmith826 When the US Congress can write $$$TRILLION checks with money they don't have,there is no such thing as diverting resources..Crap that has no business being funded gets Millions..Take it up with your Lefty Congressman

  • @gfsrow
    @gfsrow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    This interview is pure gold.

    • @lunafringe10
      @lunafringe10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      George Schieck pure crap

    • @sayfami3927
      @sayfami3927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      George Schieck now get the book 📖 it’s a gem 💎

    • @ManHeyuan
      @ManHeyuan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most people have mixed ancestry, across Eurasia.
      100% ethnic purity wouldn’t fit the theory of evolution, basically - given the complex state of world history, amid current global developments.
      The check-and-balance mechanism within the prevailing natural order is one that ensures an optimizing level of ethno-cultural diversity to preserve an overall balance of power.
      Inbreeding will only lead to the irreversible retardation of the human species.
      Inter-regional migration, maritime exploration, international trade and commerce, geopolitical wars and territorial expansion and conquests - inherently, form an integral part of our common history, facilitating the geographical spread of living organisms - forced to continually acclimatize through the evolutionary process - which can be understood as a 24/7 interaction that goes both ways.
      The environment we find ourselves in triggers the evolutionary processes of cultural adaptation - including technological revolution - and genetic mutation - which in turn, shape our environment and climate.
      Therefore, biodiversity is critical, in order to neutralize any existential threat - from both the supremacy of a single race, and the full-spectrum domination of a single nation.
      The threshold of balance once exceeded - as in the case of a unitary world order, will no doubt, lead to fatal instability - with parallels to the epic collapse described in the biblical account of the great flood.
      This, despite the absolute importance of achieving an overall stable political landscape globally, through peace-making.
      To safely navigate this apparent universal conundrum, there is an urgency to harness the great wisdom within humankind’s philosophy of simplicity.
      Ages before the chance rediscovery of the New World by the Europeans, America might have well been the center of gravity for a considerable period of time, ruled by tough adventurers, who had gradually overcome grueling journeys of unimaginable perils, out of Africa.
      However, relative isolation from Eurasia soon doomed it to a fate of inevitable demise.

    • @TheUnitedMarshmallowFederation
      @TheUnitedMarshmallowFederation 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sayfami3927 bought the book the other day it arrived today for :D

    • @critink
      @critink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lunafringe10 and what do you have for dinner?

  • @atomoyoga
    @atomoyoga ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This man is too honest and intelligent to rule any country, but we need more men like him. Highly recommend his book and Course. THE AGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Bless this man 🙏

  • @Jonas-rr9lv
    @Jonas-rr9lv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you Jeffrey Saks, you are a man who stands for the truth and you are not afraid of telling the truth... thank you Sr.

  • @vincentdesun
    @vincentdesun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    A true gentle man. I'd buy him a coffee and just listen to him for hours without interruption.

    • @NG-td6yw
      @NG-td6yw ปีที่แล้ว

      🤝 ☕️

  • @eileenshen1760
    @eileenshen1760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Thank you for your humble and wise voice. Quite rare in US right now.

  • @puma5471
    @puma5471 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mr Sachs has been extremely consistent in his honest articulation and fairness in how the world should function

  • @Juan-ud3if
    @Juan-ud3if ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Intelligent, truthful,honest people like Jeff Sachs should be in control. 💛💛💛💛

  • @timo8208
    @timo8208 5 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Every American must watch this video twice and wake up.

    • @siewronnie5194
      @siewronnie5194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Impossible task, I guess cos the neocons political establishment will have to make them sleep soundly....zZz...all over again!!!

    • @alfredbudy1985
      @alfredbudy1985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saguaro Joe This is the extent to which I will critique America. Things happen faster when ppl come together. Obama understanding of American Exceptionalism is spot on. Where one loyalty lies is always important when you want to be prideful about a nation. Prioritizing Education, Healthcare, and Retirement is very responsible things to care about as a nation. If manipulation to serve specific interest wasn’t a motivation in the recent wars and SWIFT system seizure of assets, then you will understand white supremacy in a less confrontational way. The confrontational nature of the Beast ignores self reflection and progressive change. Some things are worth fighting for and other things are just pure suppression/oppression and manipulation because you think 💭 you deserve to get away with it. America has a lot to teach the world 🌍 and Han Chinese 🇨🇳 have become students of these tactics but to what extent and motivation will Asian supremacy affect the same ppl as White Supremacy has yet to be determined.

  • @esmaeilheravi4509
    @esmaeilheravi4509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    This is a human who speaks from the heart . How can you not love a human like him . The unfortunate thing is that there are not too many like him anywhere . He is gold in a world of worthless metal .

    • @limchopstick4458
      @limchopstick4458 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your description of this great human is so true

    • @michaweidemann8256
      @michaweidemann8256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, he is speaking from an educated point of view. All information chared by him is available online. Not being able to follow his arguments is only showing a very concerning lack of education

    • @wolfee904
      @wolfee904 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The dudes a hologram with a synthesized voice he doesn't even exist you've been tricked into worshiping a fantasy check out Aldo Nova on TH-cam and you'll see what I mean very insightful

    • @thelastrebelshow1627
      @thelastrebelshow1627 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wolfee904 He’s a communist traitor to America!

    • @larsh2923
      @larsh2923 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@wolfee904 You're a hologram talking to yourself. A useless loop. You will be quarantined.

  • @Thinkerbit1691
    @Thinkerbit1691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the SICKNESS never ends until in the end it finally collapses onto itself.

  • @akd5143
    @akd5143 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are only few sane Americans out there

  • @larsfrogner5649
    @larsfrogner5649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    On a side note. America did not invent the Internet. It was invented by the English scientist Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee while working at CERN in Switzerland. Exceptionalism is one helluva drug.

  • @rickkliu
    @rickkliu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    What a decent man, Jeff Sachs

    • @tmo2798
      @tmo2798 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think you meant 'exceptional'.

  • @gerardorevilla89
    @gerardorevilla89 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pride goes before destruction.
    What hope is there for a bully when he grows old.

  • @ronnie2.803
    @ronnie2.803 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very well said gentlemen. A strange thing happened to me whilst listening to you 2. I calmed down and went around doing my housework. I was very happy that your soothing voices of peace helped me forget the other voices of war…sometimes …at all times actually…we need that calmer heads prevail. A big Thankyou…& now I shall go throw the trash…haha..you got me paying attention to the house work again!@@!

  • @ewlim166
    @ewlim166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    A truly, respectable American talking objectively, constructively about the world economy and politically. So truthful without bias or prejudice. This is truly a great, free and open mind to the world. My deepest respect. A gem of the western.

  • @satchito
    @satchito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    15 minutes ago I didn't know who Jeffrey Sachs was... now I'm heading to a Sachs vortex, good thing I didn't even want to sleep.

    • @Jeeiff
      @Jeeiff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Now you are ready for Chris Hedges.

    • @frankymaclellan7295
      @frankymaclellan7295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out his book, " Common Wealth". This human is smart and he lays out a plan, although I do not believe you can accomplish it if we continue to worship the cAPITALAIST system. Just my opinion, and we all have one just like we all have assholes. I know what comes out of my sphincter and its not pleasant. I wish I was an American citizen and my shit looked beautiful and smelled like wild roses, not.

    • @tyn6211
      @tyn6211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jeeiff no one is ready for Chris Hedges.

    • @BoomBraids
      @BoomBraids 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tyn6211 th-cam.com/video/OGCFVc-5yTM/w-d-xo.html

  • @Santino369
    @Santino369 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The power of US lies within the Dollar. No country can keep up with such expenses all over the world without the ability to "freely" print money.

  • @Viksu53
    @Viksu53 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Exceptionalism is almost as harmful as isolationism.

  • @alexgoslar4057
    @alexgoslar4057 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Rob Johnson articulates what has long been overdue. The presumption of superiority by one Nation over other Nations is a dangerous endemic human characteristic.

  • @IamMANnumber1
    @IamMANnumber1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    Jeff is one of the few gentlemen Americans.

    • @ABG1983
      @ABG1983 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You're a fucking idiot. This is a un-gentleman American, by the way.

    • @fairandbalanced65
      @fairandbalanced65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ABG1983 Give my regards to Vladimir

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fairandbalanced65
      Is that the only response you actually have. You do not understand the term American excpetionalism.

    • @Stroporez
      @Stroporez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is the gentleman who drove neo-colonisation of other countries through shock therapy, as any true gentleman American would. Is it any surprise then that the whole world hates USA?

    • @MD-md4th
      @MD-md4th 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. Sachs is a globalist. People like him have created the system of Western Liberal Hegemony where western values are exported to the rest of the world thru military force and economic coercion.

  • @NeoCynic1
    @NeoCynic1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Goes to show you, that even though this video is 4 years old, the truth never ages, and worse yet, seems never to be listened to in this, our failing America.

  • @lawrencechong237
    @lawrencechong237 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This fantastic guy Mr Jeffrey Sachs should be the President of the US for world peace and prosperity.

  • @peteranolan
    @peteranolan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    JS is one of Earth's foremost scholars & always worth paying close attention to. Thank you.

    • @bravery4539
      @bravery4539 ปีที่แล้ว

      @hello Peteranlan, how are you? where are you from? I'm here to make friends

  • @Hermit-Crab
    @Hermit-Crab 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    OK, I admit that I was wrong in my understanding of the American society and people. Listening to Professor Jeffrey Sachs, I realised that there are still Americans who are smart, sensible, rational, objective. I don't know who the interviewer is but I was very impressed by him. He doesn't interrupt Professor Sachs unnecessarily but allows Professor Sachs to speak which is exactly what ought to the case. And when he does speak or ask a question, he is full of common sense. Very impressed by both the interviewer and Professor Sachs.

    • @meganh9460
      @meganh9460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      360 million people and you needed Sashs to make you realize that.... sad.

    • @puneetsingh70
      @puneetsingh70 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good people in America still exist. Many like you need to be informed and given the chance to decide for themselves. How do we achieve that?

  • @bmdrona
    @bmdrona ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Easily comprehensible, excellent talk!! Jeffrey Sachs has well-informed, passionately concerned perceptions and analyses that show us/American citizens the direction of our society and suggest what/how must urgently be changed. So many truths in his comparing Western Europe/Scandinavian societies over our American society in terms of quality of life or the "common/public good.".

  • @Organizer14669
    @Organizer14669 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is great In America that individuals could speak their truth as they see it. It is great for learning!

  • @charlesputnam9370
    @charlesputnam9370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I figured this out as s young man. My father was shot down over North Vietnam they returned his remains 20 years be later. My mother was killed by drunk drive . I have read all the history , philosophy, psychology , economics I could get my hands on for 50 years. These guys just are getting it right.

  • @trekpac2
    @trekpac2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Mr. Sachs is exceptionally clear-thinking and well-spoken. EVERYBODY should be listening to him.

  • @robinpayne6131
    @robinpayne6131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this presentation. It is so refreshing and hope.

  • @ryanharper9574
    @ryanharper9574 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I lived in Norway for awhile and it feels like it’s the 1950s not some super advanced 21st century society as described in the video. Their number one and two exports are oil and weapons systems, so it’s not like they are contributing to the overall well-being of the world as a whole. It is annoying to hear people romanize Scandinavia without living there and understanding what it is really like. I would trade living in America for Norway any day, in fact I did and am much happier because of it.

    • @ibezimokehie9526
      @ibezimokehie9526 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting. Are you still a Norwegian citizen? I'm curious.

  • @Western_Decline
    @Western_Decline 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Watching this in 2021, after America collapsed from a pandemic and continues to blame China for its woes.

  • @voiceofjustice2881
    @voiceofjustice2881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    The most kind and objective professor I have ever seen. Hopefully we can see more of your videos in the future.

    • @wolfee904
      @wolfee904 ปีที่แล้ว

      Better to watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers the original from the 1950s than any more videos of this stuff

  • @chuaenghwa1696
    @chuaenghwa1696 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant guy with in depth analysis of what problems America is now facing. He is someone that speaks from his heart.

  • @kali542
    @kali542 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jeffrey Sachs is a virtuous man, with intelligence and a calling that he has risen for on behalf of all of us. Thank you for staying gold, sir. Your work is a benefit to humanity. God Bless you.

  • @thewishmastur
    @thewishmastur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What this gentleman said 3 years ago in this video was spot on.

  • @ashleymistletoe
    @ashleymistletoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    this author is one of the very few wise, sober, rational, truly intellectual mind in united states.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is just full of crap. People like him existed when the Nazi's came to power. People made excuses for what the Nazi's were doing. Just people today do with the Communist government that they bang on about being a world leader.

    • @julieannmyers8714
      @julieannmyers8714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just keep in mind that Sachs has evolved his viewpoint greatly over the past 30+ years... he was once an eager neo-liberal, but seeing the destruction wreaked by policies he advised under the auspices of the IMF & WB during the post-Soviet era (the phrase "shock therapy" was coined to characterize his approach, similar to Friedman & the Chicago Boys who advised Pinochet & Deng), in Latin America & Africa eventually has had a huge impact on him.
      He describes some of this transformation in his books, which are excellent.
      At one time, I couldn't stand the man; it was surprising & inspiring to see him change in such a profound way.
      But he still hasn't gone far enough for me.

  • @feedulogis
    @feedulogis ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr Jeffrey Sachs, a very humble and intelligent man. Like him a lot. From France

  • @jennyrokeach523
    @jennyrokeach523 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the interview

  • @raymondchan7839
    @raymondchan7839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I hope more people will read this book and realize the present situation of America and behave accordingly.

  • @robertpoen5383
    @robertpoen5383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Corrupt system, corrupt results. Never was exceptional, except perhaps exceptional hubris.

    • @dhdhddjdfbdndndndjd5262
      @dhdhddjdfbdndndndjd5262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Our " Founding father " gonna fix it.

    • @ikongchin3088
      @ikongchin3088 ปีที่แล้ว

      U got that right. TRUTH is not so common among Americans. SAD BUT TRUE. BLESS UP

    • @lawrenceturner7005
      @lawrenceturner7005 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who is like the beast and who can make war with him?

  • @jeanlaikan8400
    @jeanlaikan8400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A true patriot. Recent events prove he is right again.

  • @robkaryas
    @robkaryas ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Respect to you Mr Sachs, thank you....to speak up loud on what we are going through...mainstream media is not giving us the truth and this is very regretfull....

  • @benighted09
    @benighted09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    When sociopathic corporations take over your political system and media, what results do you expect to get? It is playing out exactly as one would expect.

  • @kylemichaelcoder2212
    @kylemichaelcoder2212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Just saw Jeff on another show, recently, can’t recall the show, but he is spot on.
    Great guest, friend!!

  • @dennisnelson8207
    @dennisnelson8207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Exceptionalism in arrogance perhaps.Thank god for professor Sachs,and all the other like minded Americans.

  • @HarperSkylark
    @HarperSkylark หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sachs deserves a raise and a medal for deciding just to do everythi himself. Him and the college interns are the real MVPs.

  • @pouncepounce7417
    @pouncepounce7417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    America forgot one important thing, you need to invest into your people, people make the country.
    Economy, Army, Science, everything is the result of people.
    After ww2 soldiers had the right for tax funded higher education, but that generation cycled out of the workforce 30 years ago, after that the shift to an systhem of Oligarchie started.

  • @jlcdrivewayramps7343
    @jlcdrivewayramps7343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    when something is right, it will usually sound right, feel right, look right. the insight this man gives us has all those qualities.

  • @postmanlondon
    @postmanlondon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good interview. I keep hearing these kind of sensible views expressed but nothing ever happens to correct it!

  • @Camcolito
    @Camcolito 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We're at the precipice, of an enormous crossroads.

  • @jf7558
    @jf7558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Brilliant presentation and very much to the dot. Two years later this podcast shows a clear reality of the dire state of the political, social, and economic fabric of the USA. Thank you for your insight and perspective on the deteriorating situation in this country.

    • @davesmith826
      @davesmith826 ปีที่แล้ว

      What many exceptionalists fail to realise is that all empires have their day. Not only that, but the historical evidence suggests that empires typically fall into two main categories: the ones that last 100 years and those which last 300 years. Policymakers in the US certainly want the latter, but at the moment the American century looks like just that - a century.

  • @wtf_usa5597
    @wtf_usa5597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Great interview! Not only can we not solve a single problem, we are creating multiple more problems on almost a weekly basis. Our leaders are focused only on enriching themselves & their friends by looting the country. Serving the people & solving problems is the LAST thing on their list.

    • @JB-pd3ir
      @JB-pd3ir ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, they have had very short term thinking for a very long time.

  • @keithfernandez8965
    @keithfernandez8965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WHY CANT WE GET PEOPLE LIKE JEFFREY IN OFFICE ??

  • @muazushaaba5478
    @muazushaaba5478 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great and wonderful resolved and observation. Thanks for reaching out to our expectations