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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... increase of populations and incomes per per- son , virtually every major ecosystem in the world is now under threat from human activities . The ocean fisheries are being depleted of fish and corals . The scarcity of freshwater for ...
... increase of populations and incomes per per- son , virtually every major ecosystem in the world is now under threat from human activities . The ocean fisheries are being depleted of fish and corals . The scarcity of freshwater for ...
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... increase in im- pact would be devastating and would almost surely feed back to block the rise in world income . In other words , we would never achieve the targeted eco- nomic growth because it would be frustrated by environmental ...
... increase in im- pact would be devastating and would almost surely feed back to block the rise in world income . In other words , we would never achieve the targeted eco- nomic growth because it would be frustrated by environmental ...
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... increase . The poorest countries are the most unstable po- litically , and the most prone to violence and conflict , often to conflicts that spill over national and regional borders , thereby involving the rest of the world . And the ...
... increase . The poorest countries are the most unstable po- litically , and the most prone to violence and conflict , often to conflicts that spill over national and regional borders , thereby involving the rest of the world . And the ...
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... increase more rapidly than the rate of interest . If the price of the fish per ton is expected to remain un- changed , and if the fish is a slow - growing species , then the value of the fish in the lake will grow less rapidly than the ...
... increase more rapidly than the rate of interest . If the price of the fish per ton is expected to remain un- changed , and if the fish is a slow - growing species , then the value of the fish in the lake will grow less rapidly than the ...
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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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