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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... society willflourishorperish accordingtoour abilityto find common ground acrossthe worldonaset of ... societies have graduallyand grudgingly learned within theirownnational borders. It has notbeen easyto forge cooperation evenwithin ...
... society willflourishorperish accordingtoour abilityto find common ground acrossthe worldonaset of ... societies have graduallyand grudgingly learned within theirownnational borders. It has notbeen easyto forge cooperation evenwithin ...
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... societies thatwebarely understand. MODEST. INVESTMENTS. TO. SAVE. THE. WORLD. A groupof global public investments, undertaken bythe nationsof the world, isneeded in ordertoavert the greatest risksfacing the world. The costs ofthese ...
... societies thatwebarely understand. MODEST. INVESTMENTS. TO. SAVE. THE. WORLD. A groupof global public investments, undertaken bythe nationsof the world, isneeded in ordertoavert the greatest risksfacing the world. The costs ofthese ...
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... society , and to curb society's dangerous en- croachments on the physical environment . This activist philosophy , which holds that the self - organizing forces of a market economy should be guided by overarching principles of social ...
... society , and to curb society's dangerous en- croachments on the physical environment . This activist philosophy , which holds that the self - organizing forces of a market economy should be guided by overarching principles of social ...
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... societies like the United States , which are divided by race , religion , ethnicity , class , and the na- tive born versus immigrants . Social - welfare systems proved to be most effec- tive and popular in ethnically homogenous societies ...
... societies like the United States , which are divided by race , religion , ethnicity , class , and the na- tive born versus immigrants . Social - welfare systems proved to be most effec- tive and popular in ethnically homogenous societies ...
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... society has seemed to become more divided , acrimonious , and fearful . Fleets of jumbo jets ply the skies of our interconnected global economy , yet our fear of terrorism is so great that we are rationed in the toothpaste and shampoo ...
... society has seemed to become more divided , acrimonious , and fearful . Fleets of jumbo jets ply the skies of our interconnected global economy , yet our fear of terrorism is so great that we are rationed in the toothpaste and shampoo ...
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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