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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... Humanity has consumed or transformed enoughof Earth'sirreplaceable resources tobe in bettershape thanever before. We ... human nature. Weexist in abizarre combination ofStone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and godlike techology. That ...
... Humanity has consumed or transformed enoughof Earth'sirreplaceable resources tobe in bettershape thanever before. We ... human nature. Weexist in abizarre combination ofStone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and godlike techology. That ...
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... human welfare . It says to those responsible for Earth's 6.6 billion people : Just look at the numbers . The world has changed radically in the past several decades ; it is going to change more , faster and faster . In spite of all we ...
... human welfare . It says to those responsible for Earth's 6.6 billion people : Just look at the numbers . The world has changed radically in the past several decades ; it is going to change more , faster and faster . In spite of all we ...
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... humanity has followed is biological in nature : be fruitful and multiply — in every way try to be exponential . More ... human nature . We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions , medieval beliefs , and god- like techology ...
... humanity has followed is biological in nature : be fruitful and multiply — in every way try to be exponential . More ... human nature . We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions , medieval beliefs , and god- like techology ...
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... human health unrivaled in other ecological settings. The newmillennium alsobrought with it new global commitments to fight extremepoverty, hunger,and disease. In 1994, 179 governments came together in Cairo for the International ...
... human health unrivaled in other ecological settings. The newmillennium alsobrought with it new global commitments to fight extremepoverty, hunger,and disease. In 1994, 179 governments came together in Cairo for the International ...
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... humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet . That common fate will require new forms of global cooperation , a ... human history . Philosophers , politicians , artists , and economists must scramble constantly to catch up with ...
... humanity shares a common fate on a crowded planet . That common fate will require new forms of global cooperation , a ... human history . Philosophers , politicians , artists , and economists must scramble constantly to catch up with ...
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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