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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... example , extensive use of land or high emissions of greenhouse gases ) per unit of GNP . The total human impact on the environment is equal to the product of population , per capita income , and technology , so that : I = PX AX T. This ...
... example , extensive use of land or high emissions of greenhouse gases ) per unit of GNP . The total human impact on the environment is equal to the product of population , per capita income , and technology , so that : I = PX AX T. This ...
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... the harmful side effects of the temporary monopoly . For example , in the case of antiretroviral medicines to fight HIV / AIDS , the patent - holding drug companies agreed to sell products at a reduced or 34 COMMON WEALTH.
... the harmful side effects of the temporary monopoly . For example , in the case of antiretroviral medicines to fight HIV / AIDS , the patent - holding drug companies agreed to sell products at a reduced or 34 COMMON WEALTH.
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... example from recent decades . Atmospheric scientists and ecologists began to realize in the late 1960s that sulfur dioxide emitted from coal - burning power plants was mixing with rainfall to produce sulfuric acid . Forests downwind of ...
... example from recent decades . Atmospheric scientists and ecologists began to realize in the late 1960s that sulfur dioxide emitted from coal - burning power plants was mixing with rainfall to produce sulfuric acid . Forests downwind of ...
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... example , to steer polluting industries away from densely populated areas or from especially vulnerable ecosystems . Zoning , or some kind of spatially based policy , is crucial when the social costs of environmental impacts depend ...
... example , to steer polluting industries away from densely populated areas or from especially vulnerable ecosystems . Zoning , or some kind of spatially based policy , is crucial when the social costs of environmental impacts depend ...
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... example , which gives rise to the term commons , is an open - access pastureland , freely available to all who would like to graze their livestock on it . An example of the global commons is the ocean floor be- yond national borders ...
... example , which gives rise to the term commons , is an open - access pastureland , freely available to all who would like to graze their livestock on it . An example of the global commons is the ocean floor be- yond national borders ...
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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