Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet“Lucid, quietly urgent, and relentlessly logical . . . this is Bigthink with a capital B.” —The New York Times Book Review “Common Wealth explains the most basic economic reckoning that the world faces.” —Al Gore, winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and former vice president of the United States In Common Wealth, Jeffrey D. Sachs-one of the world's most respected economists and the author of The New York Times bestseller The End of Poverty- offers an urgent assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and prosperity. Through crystalline examination of hard facts, Sachs predicts the cascade of crises that awaits this crowded planet-and presents a program of sustainable development and international cooperation that will correct this dangerous course. Few luminaries anywhere on the planet are as schooled in this daunting subject as Sachs, and this is the vital product of his experience and wisdom. |
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... Millennium Development Goals from international agreements , scrimping on foreign aid , and declaring , “ You are either with us or against us . " For increasing numbers of Americans , and most people around the world , this has been a ...
... Millennium Development Goals from international agreements , scrimping on foreign aid , and declaring , “ You are either with us or against us . " For increasing numbers of Americans , and most people around the world , this has been a ...
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... Millennium Development Goals were met with stony silence and scorn within the corridors of the White House . And the administration launched initiatives for new nuclear weapons , seeming to challenge the rest of the world to a new arms ...
... Millennium Development Goals were met with stony silence and scorn within the corridors of the White House . And the administration launched initiatives for new nuclear weapons , seeming to challenge the rest of the world to a new arms ...
Contents
The Anthropocene | 57 |
Global Solutions to Climate Change | 83 |
Securing Our Water Needs ྡྲ | 115 |
A Home for All Species | 139 |
Global Population Dynamics | 159 |
The Strategy of Economic Development | 205 |
Ending Poverty Traps | 227 |
Economic Security in a Changing World | 255 |
Rethinking Foreign Policy | 271 |
Achieving Global Goals | 291 |
The Power of One | 313 |
Acknowledgments | 341 |
List of Acronyms | 347 |
References | 361 |
Index | 371 |
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