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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... achieved some important successes and with considerable public support . A framework of shared global commitments has actually been adopted that can provide a foothold for a sustainable future . The challenge is to turn those fragile ...
... achieved some important successes and with considerable public support . A framework of shared global commitments has actually been adopted that can provide a foothold for a sustainable future . The challenge is to turn those fragile ...
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... history's cruel dustbin of failed aspirations . Turning large goals into real results on the ground is always challenging . So too is the coopera- tion needed to achieve them , but never more so COMMON CHALLENGES , COMMON WEALTH 13.
... history's cruel dustbin of failed aspirations . Turning large goals into real results on the ground is always challenging . So too is the coopera- tion needed to achieve them , but never more so COMMON CHALLENGES , COMMON WEALTH 13.
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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. tion needed to achieve them , but never more so than when the goals ... achieving global cooperation , we also neglect highly effective and low - cost solutions because our very methods of ...
Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. tion needed to achieve them , but never more so than when the goals ... achieving global cooperation , we also neglect highly effective and low - cost solutions because our very methods of ...
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... achieve sustainable development must be a global strategy , with shared participation among the world's countries . SIX TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE THIS CENTURY The Age of Convergence The planet has filled up with people and economic ...
... achieve sustainable development must be a global strategy , with shared participation among the world's countries . SIX TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE THIS CENTURY The Age of Convergence The planet has filled up with people and economic ...
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... achieve market - based economic growth based on globalization , they are able not only to raise living standards but to narrow the per capita income gap with the rich countries . Through their competitive exports , these countries earn ...
... achieve market - based economic growth based on globalization , they are able not only to raise living standards but to narrow the per capita income gap with the rich countries . Through their competitive exports , these countries earn ...
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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