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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... poorest people to escape from the trap of extreme poverty . The seemingly " soft issues " of the environment , public health , population growth , and extreme poverty will become the hard issues of geopoli- tics in coming years . Indeed ...
... poorest people to escape from the trap of extreme poverty . The seemingly " soft issues " of the environment , public health , population growth , and extreme poverty will become the hard issues of geopoli- tics in coming years . Indeed ...
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... poorest ofthepoor by theyear 2015inthe areasof income, hunger, disease control, education,and environmental sustainability. TheMDGs were subsequently given financialimpetus intheMonterrey Consensus of 2002 and atseveral summits ...
... poorest ofthepoor by theyear 2015inthe areasof income, hunger, disease control, education,and environmental sustainability. TheMDGs were subsequently given financialimpetus intheMonterrey Consensus of 2002 and atseveral summits ...
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... poorest parts of town could not be the dumping ground of toxic wastes without jeopardizing the rich neighborhoods as well . Heavy industry was despoiling the air and the water . Industrial pollution in one re- gion could be carried by ...
... poorest parts of town could not be the dumping ground of toxic wastes without jeopardizing the rich neighborhoods as well . Heavy industry was despoiling the air and the water . Industrial pollution in one re- gion could be carried by ...
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... poorest countries would cost less than one tenth of 1 percent of the annual income of rich countries . And the end of extreme poverty would also require less than 1 percent of the an- nual income of the rich world to finance the crucial ...
... poorest countries would cost less than one tenth of 1 percent of the annual income of rich countries . And the end of extreme poverty would also require less than 1 percent of the an- nual income of the rich world to finance the crucial ...
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... poorest of the poor by the year 2015 in the areas of income , hunger , disease control , education , and environmental sustainability . The MDGs were subsequently given financial impetus in the Monterrey Consensus of 2002 and at several ...
... poorest of the poor by the year 2015 in the areas of income , hunger , disease control , education , and environmental sustainability . The MDGs were subsequently given financial impetus in the Monterrey Consensus of 2002 and at several ...
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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