The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

I felt like much of this book was devoted to the tooting of Jeffrey Sachs' own horn, as he describes his heroic economic interventions in other countries. However, I did enjoy reading those stories even if they did come off as slightly egotistical. In any case, this book is invaluable for providing a coherent macroeconomic perspective on poverty. Sachs makes a convincing and thorough case for official development assistance in achieving the Millenium Development Goals. He takes on each argument that has been forwarded against development assistance, and provides the data, as well as perspectives, needed to spur the world, and especially the United States and its super-rich, towards putting their 0.7% of GDP where their mouth is.

Anyone involved in the fight against poverty, whether philosophically or otherwise, needs to read this book to gain the global overview necessary to truly address the world's poorest through investing in their future.