Aviva Gabriel

“Is there a way forward, when campaign financing and mega-lobbying have displaced the common good and have led Americans to despair about the functioning of the political system? Since incumbent politicians won’t vote for campaign reform on their own, are we doomed to a vicious circle of big money, big corruption, failing public services, and a collapse of democratic rule?”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable

“With higher saving and investment rates, both public and private, directed towards productive capital, the United States could overcome secular stagnation.”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable

“four very powerful corporate lobbies have repeatedly come out on top and turned our democracy into what might more accurately be called a corporatocracy.”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable

“Come Senators, Congressmen, Please heed the call, Don’t stand in the doorways, Don’t block up the halls…For the times they are a changin’.”
― Jeffrey D. Sachs, Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, & Sustainable