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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... ize that before August 1914 , globalization and the march of science seemed assured , as they seem to many today . A best seller of the day , Europe's Optical Illusion ( by Norman Angell , 1909 ) , had COMMON CHALLENGES , COMMON WEALTH.
... ize that before August 1914 , globalization and the march of science seemed assured , as they seem to many today . A best seller of the day , Europe's Optical Illusion ( by Norman Angell , 1909 ) , had COMMON CHALLENGES , COMMON WEALTH.
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... today , yet the widening arc of war and vituperation , often pitting U.S. foreign policy against global public opinion , reminds us daily of a growing threat to global peace . Today's worry is not only the violence itself but also the ...
... today , yet the widening arc of war and vituperation , often pitting U.S. foreign policy against global public opinion , reminds us daily of a growing threat to global peace . Today's worry is not only the violence itself but also the ...
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... today believe that war with Islamic fundamentalism is inevitable . John Kennedy , in the finest hour of the American presidency after World War II , believed otherwise and helped to lead Americans , Soviets , and the world back from the ...
... today believe that war with Islamic fundamentalism is inevitable . John Kennedy , in the finest hour of the American presidency after World War II , believed otherwise and helped to lead Americans , Soviets , and the world back from the ...
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... today's war against Islamic funda- mentalism are born of a messianism that sees the world in black and white , and lacks the basic insight that all parts of the world , including the Islamic world , inhabit the same planet and breathe ...
... today's war against Islamic funda- mentalism are born of a messianism that sees the world in black and white , and lacks the basic insight that all parts of the world , including the Islamic world , inhabit the same planet and breathe ...
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... scale of the world's economic production is therefore likely to be several times that of today . Third , the rise in income will be greatest in Asia , home to more than half of the world's population . As a result , the Our Crowded Planet.
... scale of the world's economic production is therefore likely to be several times that of today . Third , the rise in income will be greatest in Asia , home to more than half of the world's population . As a result , the Our Crowded Planet.
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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