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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... development that complement market forces , spread sustainable technologies , stabilize the global population , and ... sustainable develop- ment . Though we live in a time when confidence in global cooperation is at a low ebb ...
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... Sustainable development. I. Title. HD87.S23 2008 2007035111 338.9—dc22 DESIGNED BY NICOLELAROCHE Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a ...
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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. the growth is logistic: it is exponential until it slows and tapers off because ... sustainable development, we can secure ourgains while avertingdisasters thatappear increasingly imminent ...
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... Sustainable development . I. Title . HD87.S23 2008 338.9 - dc22 2007035111 Printed in the United States of America 13579 10 8 6 4 2 DESIGNED BY NICOLE LAROCHE Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above , no part of this ...
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... growth is lo- gistic : it is exponential until it slows and tapers off because of restraints im- posed by the environment ... sustainable development , we can secure our gains while averting disasters that appear increasingly imminent ...
... growth is lo- gistic : it is exponential until it slows and tapers off because of restraints im- posed by the environment ... sustainable development , we can secure our gains while averting disasters that appear increasingly imminent ...
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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