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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... technological catch - up . Let me emphasize , once again , that these scenarios are highly optimistic but convey the underlying power of convergence , the dominant force at play in the world economy in our era . The overall lesson is ...
... technological catch - up . Let me emphasize , once again , that these scenarios are highly optimistic but convey the underlying power of convergence , the dominant force at play in the world economy in our era . The overall lesson is ...
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... technological advancement , science , and produc- tivity advancement due to specialization and the division of labor ... technologies and policies , cities can become sites of untold eco- logical destruction . Also , by bringing millions ...
... technological advancement , science , and produc- tivity advancement due to specialization and the division of labor ... technologies and policies , cities can become sites of untold eco- logical destruction . Also , by bringing millions ...
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... technologies , would also therefore be sixfold . Since the human impact on the environment today is already unsustainable , a sixfold increase in im- pact would be devastating and would almost surely feed back to block the rise in world ...
... technologies , would also therefore be sixfold . Since the human impact on the environment today is already unsustainable , a sixfold increase in im- pact would be devastating and would almost surely feed back to block the rise in world ...
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... technologies . Many important technologies will have a huge social benefit for sustainable development but will not pro- duce private - market profitability , so private businesses won't invest in re- search and development ( R & D ) to ...
... technologies . Many important technologies will have a huge social benefit for sustainable development but will not pro- duce private - market profitability , so private businesses won't invest in re- search and development ( R & D ) to ...
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... technologies , including clean energy , drought - resistant seed vari- eties , environmentally sound fish farming , vaccines for tropical diseases , improved remote monitoring and conservation of biodiversity , and much more . To every ...
... technologies , including clean energy , drought - resistant seed vari- eties , environmentally sound fish farming , vaccines for tropical diseases , improved remote monitoring and conservation of biodiversity , and much more . To every ...
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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