The world is facing a serious recession but should avoid a repeat of the Great Depression it experienced in the 1930s, a top US economist said Sunday in an interview published in Spain. This recession would be more serious than others, but not as hard as the Great Depression, Jeffrey Sachs, pictured in 2008, a special advisor to the United Nations secretary general, told the daily El Pais. (AFP/File/John Thys)
He kind of looks like Robert Redford with Blago's hair too.