Jeffrey Sachs, in a sometimes insightful interview on Jan. 22 with Glenn Diesen revealed the axiomatic soft spots in his thinking when he launched into full-throated praise of the anti-nation-state regime-change Malthusian crusader Mark Carney’s speech at the Davos conference.
For those who may not remember what Carney said, he spoke of a “rupture” of the world order, where major powers basically terrorize smaller powers into “going along to get along.” By major powers, he meant Russia and the United States, and he called for the “middle powers,” i.e. Canada and Western Europe, to unite to counter them and build a new order “that encompasses our values, such as respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the various states” (values that Carney, and his “middle power” colleagues, have never cherished—ed.). Remember that these “middle powers” are the “Coalition of the Willing,” attempting to stumble headlong into a nuclear war with Russia.
But Columbia University economics Professor Jeffrey Sachs somehow missed the vicious hypocrisy of Carney’s remarks. Asked for his thoughts on Davos he said:
“Let’s start with Mark Carney first. I want to say how proud I am because he was a student in my department in the 1980s. We knew he was special then. And he is showing that he’s perhaps suddenly the most important statesman of the Western world. The only one talking straightforwardly and honestly.
“Now, his speech in Davos, which was masterful, came after his trip to China, which was perhaps even more remarkable because here is the premier of Canada going to Beijing and forging a ‘strategic partnership’ with China. They made a trade partnership, an investment partnership, and a plan for Chinese investment in electric vehicles in Canada, which is much needed because the American auto industry is basically going to be defunct because it’s doubling down on internal combustion engines. That is the traditional U.S. industry. And Canada is diversifying economically but also geopolitically. This was a gutsy move because Canada shares a long border with the United States, of course, and Trump every few days essentially declares Canada his as well. But Prime Minister Carney spoke very clearly and was not afraid to forge a new, very important foreign policy relationship with China. and I do think that that is of significant importance.”
