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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... 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 Conferenceon Population and Development ...
... 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 Conferenceon Population and Development ...
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... ecological , demographic , and economic trajec- tory is unsustainable , meaning that if we continue with " business as usual " we will hit social and ecological crises with calamitous results . We face four causes for such potential ...
... ecological , demographic , and economic trajec- tory is unsustainable , meaning that if we continue with " business as usual " we will hit social and ecological crises with calamitous results . We face four causes for such potential ...
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... Ecological conditions will be worsened , not improved , by the rapid economic growth that is under way in most of the world unless that growth is channeled by active public policies into resource- saving ( or sustainable ) technologies ...
... Ecological conditions will be worsened , not improved , by the rapid economic growth that is under way in most of the world unless that growth is channeled by active public policies into resource- saving ( or sustainable ) technologies ...
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... ecological settings . The new millennium also brought with it new global commitments to fight extreme poverty , hunger , and disease . In 1994 , 179 governments came to- gether in Cairo for the International Conference on Population and ...
... ecological settings . The new millennium also brought with it new global commitments to fight extreme poverty , hunger , and disease . In 1994 , 179 governments came to- gether in Cairo for the International Conference on Population and ...
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... ecological niche on the planet , from the icy tundras to the tropical rain forests to the deserts . In some locations , societies have out- stripped the carrying capacity of the land , at least with the technologies they deploy ...
... ecological niche on the planet , from the icy tundras to the tropical rain forests to the deserts . In some locations , societies have out- stripped the carrying capacity of the land , at least with the technologies they deploy ...
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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