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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... economic growth remains at its historical average ( 1.7 percent per annum ) while the rest of the world achieves economic growth in proportion to the income gap with the United States . The poorest countries grow most rapidly , and then ...
... economic growth remains at its historical average ( 1.7 percent per annum ) while the rest of the world achieves economic growth in proportion to the income gap with the United States . The poorest countries grow most rapidly , and then ...
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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. lages . From the origin of the species through the birth of ... economic development , so the high - income world has also been the first to urbanize , reaching 50 percent urban by ...
Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. lages . From the origin of the species through the birth of ... economic development , so the high - income world has also been the first to urbanize , reaching 50 percent urban by ...
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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. large regions of the world , with roughly one billion people , that have not un- leashed convergent economic growth . These regions are , by definition , falling further and further behind ...
Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. large regions of the world , with roughly one billion people , that have not un- leashed convergent economic growth . These regions are , by definition , falling further and further behind ...
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... economic prosperity with environmental sustainability . And third , we will have to help the poorest countries ... development of high - S technologies . Many important technologies will have a huge social benefit for sustainable development ...
... economic prosperity with environmental sustainability . And third , we will have to help the poorest countries ... development of high - S technologies . Many important technologies will have a huge social benefit for sustainable development ...
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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. common base for understanding , action , and development of technologi- cal systems . Therefore , science works partly because the worldwide commu- nity of scientists makes its discoveries ...
Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. common base for understanding , action , and development of technologi- cal systems . Therefore , science works partly because the worldwide commu- nity of scientists makes its discoveries ...
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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