Welcome to the LSE events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
Good evening everybody, my name's Tim Besley and I'm delighted
to welcome you to the LSE this evening for Jeff Sachs' lecture,
which is supported by the Huth Initiative for a New Political Economy, which brings people
together across the LSE community to develop a new economic paradigm for fairer, more sustainable prosperity.
Jeff Sachs needs very little introduction.
He's a university professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development
at Columbia University and president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
As well as making major academic contributions, he's served as special advisor to three United
Nations Secretaries General and is the author of numerous books including The Ages of Globalization,
Geography, Technology and Institutions and The End of Poverty.
The title of Jeff's lecture this evening is Geography and the Wealth of Nations
and its title pays tribute to the fact that it's 250 years since Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was published.
He'll speak for around 50 minutes, and then there'll be plenty of time for Q&A,
and that will include our online audience, who I particularly want to welcome to the event.
Geoff, the floor is yours.
Thank you, Tim.
I love being at LSE.
This has been always a high point for me throughout my whole career,