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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... environment , stabi- lizing the world's population , narrowing the gaps between rich and poor , and ending extreme poverty - will take center stage . Global cooperation will have to come to the fore . The very idea of competing nation ...
... environment , stabi- lizing the world's population , narrowing the gaps between rich and poor , and ending extreme poverty - will take center stage . Global cooperation will have to come to the fore . The very idea of competing nation ...
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... environment . This activist philosophy , which holds that the self - organizing forces of a market economy should be guided by overarching principles of social justice and environmental stewardship , has not yet been extended robustly ...
... environment . This activist philosophy , which holds that the self - organizing forces of a market economy should be guided by overarching principles of social justice and environmental stewardship , has not yet been extended robustly ...
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... environment , population , poverty , and weapons of mass destruction . They in- vented new forms of global ... environmental protection . They proved , despite the odds and cynicism , that global cooperation could deliver the goods . The ...
... environment , population , poverty , and weapons of mass destruction . They in- vented new forms of global ... environmental protection . They proved , despite the odds and cynicism , that global cooperation could deliver the goods . The ...
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... environment , the stabilization of the world's population , and the end of extreme poverty - have certainly not ... environmental treaties . The first was the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) to address ...
... environment , the stabilization of the world's population , and the end of extreme poverty - have certainly not ... environmental treaties . The first was the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) to address ...
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... environmental engineers still operate largely in disconnected disciplines rather thanas partners in thequest for ... environment(I) into three parts:the total population (P), incomeper person (A),andthe environmental impact perdollar ...
... environmental engineers still operate largely in disconnected disciplines rather thanas partners in thequest for ... environment(I) into three parts:the total population (P), incomeper person (A),andthe environmental impact perdollar ...
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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