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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... cooperative , environmentally aware , and science based because we are running up against the realities of a crowded planet . The alternative is a series of cascad- ing threats to global well - being , all of which are solvable but ...
... cooperative , environmentally aware , and science based because we are running up against the realities of a crowded planet . The alternative is a series of cascad- ing threats to global well - being , all of which are solvable but ...
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... global society willflourishorperish accordingtoour abilityto find common ... global population, legal and illegal mass migration, shifting economic power ... cooperation evenwithin national boundaries. In the first century of ...
... global society willflourishorperish accordingtoour abilityto find common ... global population, legal and illegal mass migration, shifting economic power ... cooperation evenwithin national boundaries. In the first century of ...
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... cooperation of Kennedy's Partial Test Ban Treaty and the reckless unilateralism of the CIAsponsored invasion of Cuba that preceded it. Great acts of U.S. cooperative leadership include the establishment ofthe UN,theIMF and World Bank ...
... cooperation of Kennedy's Partial Test Ban Treaty and the reckless unilateralism of the CIAsponsored invasion of Cuba that preceded it. Great acts of U.S. cooperative leadership include the establishment ofthe UN,theIMF and World Bank ...
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... world's policy focus on the drylands —areas such as Darfur and Somalia—which face ... global commitment tofighting extreme povertyin all its forms was deepenedand ... cooperation needed to achieve them,but nevermore so than whenthe goals ...
... world's policy focus on the drylands —areas such as Darfur and Somalia—which face ... global commitment tofighting extreme povertyin all its forms was deepenedand ... cooperation needed to achieve them,but nevermore so than whenthe goals ...
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... world . The challenges of sustainable development - protecting the environment , stabi- lizing the world's population , narrowing the gaps between rich and poor , and ending extreme poverty - will take center stage . Global cooperation ...
... world . The challenges of sustainable development - protecting the environment , stabi- lizing the world's population , narrowing the gaps between rich and poor , and ending extreme poverty - will take center stage . Global cooperation ...
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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