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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... free - market forces . Fourth , market forces do not guarantee that all parts of the world can meet their basic needs , much less get on a path of convergent growth . Markets leave one billion or more people behind , and the numbers ...
... free - market forces . Fourth , market forces do not guarantee that all parts of the world can meet their basic needs , much less get on a path of convergent growth . Markets leave one billion or more people behind , and the numbers ...
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... free - market ideologues . It is why the United States , the paragon of free markets , spends upward of $ 100 billion per year of federal budgetary funds on research and development . Sadly , much of that is squandered , with little ...
... free - market ideologues . It is why the United States , the paragon of free markets , spends upward of $ 100 billion per year of federal budgetary funds on research and development . Sadly , much of that is squandered , with little ...
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... onslaught of illegal harvesting and free - market ideologies . The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ) , adopted in 1963 , is the preeminent international trade treaty 40 COMMON WEALTH.
... onslaught of illegal harvesting and free - market ideologies . The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ) , adopted in 1963 , is the preeminent international trade treaty 40 COMMON WEALTH.
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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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