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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... reduced or nonprofit basis in the poorest countries , while making patent - protected profits in the high - income ... reduce its profits by investing in the scrubber . A public policy to correct the market prices is needed to give the ...
... reduced or nonprofit basis in the poorest countries , while making patent - protected profits in the high - income ... reduce its profits by investing in the scrubber . A public policy to correct the market prices is needed to give the ...
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... reduce sulfur dioxide emissions . This is the approach that Europe followed under its 1994 Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol . The protocol specifies that by 2004 all major combustion sources should reach specified emissions limits ...
... reduce sulfur dioxide emissions . This is the approach that Europe followed under its 1994 Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol . The protocol specifies that by 2004 all major combustion sources should reach specified emissions limits ...
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... designed to promote a voluntary reduction of fertility rates can have an enormous effect , benefiting both present and future genera- tions . Ending the Poverty Trap Ending the trap of extreme poverty OUR CROWDED PLANET | │41.
... designed to promote a voluntary reduction of fertility rates can have an enormous effect , benefiting both present and future genera- tions . Ending the Poverty Trap Ending the trap of extreme poverty OUR CROWDED PLANET | │41.
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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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