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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... well - being , all of which are solvable but potentially disastrous if left unattended . Prosperity must be maintained through new strategies for sustain- able development that complement market forces , spread sustainable technologies ...
... well - being , all of which are solvable but potentially disastrous if left unattended . Prosperity must be maintained through new strategies for sustain- able development that complement market forces , spread sustainable technologies ...
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... well - being of their children and children's children . Our challenge is not so much to invent global cooperation as it is to rejuvenate , modernize , and ex- tend it . AVOIDING THE CLIFF The world can certainly save itself , but only ...
... well - being of their children and children's children . Our challenge is not so much to invent global cooperation as it is to rejuvenate , modernize , and ex- tend it . AVOIDING THE CLIFF The world can certainly save itself , but only ...
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... well - being if we can manage the side effects , especially vis - à - vis the environment . The Asian Century Rapid catch - up growth in Asia will bring about a historic shift in the center of gravity of the world economy . Since 1800 ...
... well - being if we can manage the side effects , especially vis - à - vis the environment . The Asian Century Rapid catch - up growth in Asia will bring about a historic shift in the center of gravity of the world economy . Since 1800 ...
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... well - being would be much lower as well . This public investment in biomedical knowledge has repaid us many times over . We will need a comparable global commitment to fund R & D for sus- tainable technologies , including clean energy ...
... well - being would be much lower as well . This public investment in biomedical knowledge has repaid us many times over . We will need a comparable global commitment to fund R & D for sus- tainable technologies , including clean energy ...
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... well - being . After all , an impoverished family can- not really provide for the nutritional , health , and educational needs of six or seven children , yet impoverished parents may have that many children for their own benefit , a ...
... well - being . After all , an impoverished family can- not really provide for the nutritional , health , and educational needs of six or seven children , yet impoverished parents may have that many children for their own benefit , a ...
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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