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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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. farm families constitute just 1 percent of the population and are able to feed the other 99 percent . In 2008 , the historic , and presumably irreversible , halfway mark was reached when half ...
Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. farm families constitute just 1 percent of the population and are able to feed the other 99 percent . In 2008 , the historic , and presumably irreversible , halfway mark was reached when half ...
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... in low - lying coastal zones ( within one hundred kilometers of the coast and at less than ten meters above sea level ) , though such areas constitute a ... The Environmental Challenge We are learning fast that the growth 28 COMMON WEALTH.
... in low - lying coastal zones ( within one hundred kilometers of the coast and at less than ten meters above sea level ) , though such areas constitute a ... The Environmental Challenge We are learning fast that the growth 28 COMMON WEALTH.
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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. The Environmental Challenge We are learning fast that the growth of ... in the world is now under threat from human activities . The ocean fisheries are being depleted of fish and corals ...
Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. The Environmental Challenge We are learning fast that the growth of ... in the world is now under threat from human activities . The ocean fisheries are being depleted of fish and corals ...
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... In 1820 , the richest country in the world , the United Kingdom , had an average income per person that was roughly three times greater than that of the poorest region , sub - Saharan Africa . By 2005 , the richest country in the world , ...
... In 1820 , the richest country in the world , the United Kingdom , had an average income per person that was roughly three times greater than that of the poorest region , sub - Saharan Africa . By 2005 , the richest country in the world , ...
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Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. drug companies agreed to sell products at a reduced or nonprofit basis in the poorest countries , while making patent ... this case a tax on sulfur emissions . In the OUR CROWDED PLANET | 35.
Economics for a Crowded Planet Jeffrey D. Sachs. drug companies agreed to sell products at a reduced or nonprofit basis in the poorest countries , while making patent ... this case a tax on sulfur emissions . In the OUR CROWDED PLANET | 35.
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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