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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... world edges closer to catastrophe . In future years the rising power of China and India could further wound U.S. pride and self - confidence , and further ratchet up global tensions . LEARNING FROM THE PAST For young people around the world ...
... world edges closer to catastrophe . In future years the rising power of China and India could further wound U.S. pride and self - confidence , and further ratchet up global tensions . LEARNING FROM THE PAST For young people around the world ...
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... world in black and white , and lacks the basic insight that all parts of the world , including the Islamic world ... world's nations . The challenge lies not so much in the heroic efforts needed to avert catastrophe , but in the ...
... world in black and white , and lacks the basic insight that all parts of the world , including the Islamic world ... world's nations . The challenge lies not so much in the heroic efforts needed to avert catastrophe , but in the ...
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... world's population , and the end of extreme poverty - have certainly not escaped worldwide notice . In the past twenty years , world leaders on occasion have groped for ways to cope with these challenges . In fact , they've achieved ...
... world's population , and the end of extreme poverty - have certainly not escaped worldwide notice . In the past twenty years , world leaders on occasion have groped for ways to cope with these challenges . In fact , they've achieved ...
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... world's policy focus on the drylands - areas such as Darfur and Somalia - which face hardships in food production ... world's leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration , which expressed the goals of the world on the eve of the new ...
... world's policy focus on the drylands - areas such as Darfur and Somalia - which face hardships in food production ... world's leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration , which expressed the goals of the world on the eve of the new ...
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... world's population will continue to rise , thereby amplifying the overall growth of the global economy . Not only are we each producing more output on average , but there will be many more of us by midcentury . The scale of the world's ...
... world's population will continue to rise , thereby amplifying the overall growth of the global economy . Not only are we each producing more output on average , but there will be many more of us by midcentury . The scale of the world's ...
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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