Oral history interview with Ignacy Sachs, 2000.

Biographical Note

Economist, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General

Scope and Contents

Born 1927 in Warsaw, Poland; Education: economics and mathematics at University of Rio, University of Delhi, Warsaw Central School of Planning and Statistics; Themes: education abroad, détente in Poland, work of UN Economic Commission for Europe in East; economic theories of Michal Kalecki; North-South hemisphere development gap; Japanese and Indian models of economic intervention by government

Subjects

• Economists--Interviews.
• India--Economic policy.
• International economic relations.
• Interviews.
• Japan--Economic policy.
• Lapeyre, Frédéric, 1967- interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Sachs, Ignacy--Interviews.
• Southern Hemisphere--Economic conditions.
• United Nations--History.
• United Nations--Officials and employees--Interviews.
• United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 2002