>I have not followed Sachs closely in most recent times but I think he would >strongly object to being called a 'man of the left'.
maybe I was being too charitable on this point ... I'd say he's a "man of the left" in the same sense in which Brad DeLong is; ie, the plain man would identify him as being a dangerous pinko subversive but by the relevant community standards of PEN-L, he's a lackey of capital. Oddly enough I mean by this no criticism of either BdL or PEN-L dd
