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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... sustainable development. ThePlanof Action,in additionto calling for universal primary education and steep reductions ininfant and child mortality, put emphasis on “ensuring universal access by2015 to reproductive health care, including ...
... sustainable development. ThePlanof Action,in additionto calling for universal primary education and steep reductions ininfant and child mortality, put emphasis on “ensuring universal access by2015 to reproductive health care, including ...
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... sustainable development - protecting the 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 ...
... sustainable development - protecting the 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 ...
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... sustainable development in all regions of the world . No part of the world can be abandoned to extreme poverty , or used as a dumping ground for the toxic , without jeopardizing and diminishing all the rest . It might seem that such ...
... sustainable development in all regions of the world . No part of the world can be abandoned to extreme poverty , or used as a dumping ground for the toxic , without jeopardizing and diminishing all the rest . It might seem that such ...
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... sustainable development . The Plan of Action , in addition to calling for universal primary education and steep re- ductions in infant and child mortality , put emphasis on " ensuring universal access by 2015 to reproductive health care ...
... sustainable development . The Plan of Action , in addition to calling for universal primary education and steep re- ductions in infant and child mortality , put emphasis on " ensuring universal access by 2015 to reproductive health care ...
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... sustainable development were nearly brushed aside in the process . Yet a single - minded pursuit of a war on terror was doomed to fail , undermining global cooperation , addressing symptoms rather than causes , and draining attention ...
... sustainable development were nearly brushed aside in the process . Yet a single - minded pursuit of a war on terror was doomed to fail , undermining global cooperation , addressing symptoms rather than causes , and draining attention ...
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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