To Move The World

“This book is more than merely an exegesis of the major speeches of the last year of the Kennedy presidency. Rather, it presents Kennedy’s approach to achieving peace as a model for leaders of today… . The book is rife with lessons for the current administration, given its virtual deadlock with Congress on issues including, but not limited to, gun legislation, the United Nations Treaty on Disabilities, [and] immigration reform… . We cannot know how many more steps might have been taken under Kennedy’s leadership, but “To Move the World” urges us to continue on the journey.“–“Chicago Tribune”“In this careful study, Sachs zeroes in on four key speeches Kennedy delivered in the months prior to his assassination… . JFK, together with gifted speechwriter Ted Sorensen–his ‘intellectual alter ego’–set out a strategy for nations to live in ‘mutual tolerance, ’ with ramifications that extend into the twenty-first century… . While sound bites of the Kennedy-Sorensen collaboration echo in modern classrooms–‘Ask not what your country can do for you’–the messages in these four speeches seem all too pertinent today.”–“Publishers Weekly”“After years trying to work out how underperforming economies can reach their full potential, [Jeffrey D. Sachs] has taken time out to offer an act of homage to his childhood hero–John F. Kennedy. And he has singled out one of JFK’s speeches for particular praise… . The true masterpiece, he believes, was a speech delivered to the American University in Washington DC in June 1963 and generally referred to as the Peace Speech. Sachs has come up with an argument making the case that the Peace Speech deserves wider recognition… . Why then does Sachs see the Peace Speech as so important? As he convincingly argues, it is all about context. Before the speech, he says, both sides had unrelentingly used Cold War rhetoric. In the last year of his life, emboldened by his success in defusing the Cuban missile crisPraise for “To Move the World”” “ “After years trying to work out how underperforming economies can reach their full potential, [Jeffrey D. Sachs] has taken time out to offer an act of homage to his childhood hero–John F. Kennedy. And he has singled out one of JFK’s speeches for particular praise… . The true masterpiece, he believes, was a speech delivered to the American University in Washington DC in June 1963 and generally referred to as the Peace Speech. Sachs has come up with an argument making the case that the Peace Speech deserves wider recognition… . Why then does Sachs see the Peace Speech as so important? As he convincingly argues, it is all about context. Before the speech, he says, both sides had unrelentingly used Cold War rhetoric. In the last year of his life, emboldened by his success in defusing the Cuban missile crisis, JFK handled issues of international security with a new confidence and in a new way… . Sachs makes his case.”–“The Spectator”“This book is more than merely an exegesis of the major speeches of the last year of the Kennedy presidency. Rather, it presents Kennedy’s approach to achieving peace as a model for leaders of today… . The book is rife with lessons for the current administration, given its virtual deadlock with Congress on issues including, but not limited to, gun legislation, the United Nations Treaty on Disabilities, [and] immigration reform… . We cannot know how many more steps might have been taken under Kennedy’s leadership, but “To Move the World” urges us to continue on the journey.“–“Chicago Tribune”“In this careful study, Sachs zeroes in on four key speeches Kennedy delivered in the months prior to his assassination… . JFK, together with gifted speechwriter Ted Sorensen–his ‘intellectual alter ego’–set out a strategy for nations to live in ‘mutual tolerance, ’ with ramifications that extend into the twenty-first century… . While sound bites of the Kennedy-SorenPraise for Jeffrey D. Sachs’s “The Price of Civilization” Named One of the Best Books of the Year by “The Guardian “and “Publishers Weekly”” “ “Half a century ago J. K. Galbraith’s “The Affluent Society” changed the political consciousness of a generation… . Jeffrey Sachs’s new book is a landmark in this great and essentially American tradition.“”–The Spectator” “Succinct, humane, and politically astute … Sachs lays out a detailed path to reform, regulation, and recovery.”–“The American Prospect”” “ “Stimulating … a must-read for every concerned citizen … [a] hard-hitting brief for a humane economy.”–“Publishers Weekly “(starred review) “Sachs’s book is loaded with information and anecdotes [and] proposals that would make it harder for the powerful to rig the system for their benefit.”“–Scientific American”” “ “An eloquent call for American civic renewal based on moderation, compassion, and cooperation across the lines of class, ethnicity, and ideology.”–CNN Money “Compelling … This is an important book.”–“Financial Times”

Jeffrey Sachs is an economist and the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became renowned for his work throughout the developing world and on the challenges of economic development, environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation and globalization. He has twice been named one of Time magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’. He has authored numerous books, including The End of Poverty and Common Wealth, both New York Times bestsellers. Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and the global best-selling author of The End of Poverty. He is also internationally renowned for his work as an economic advisor to governments around the world.

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