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Book

Common wealth : economics for a crowded planet / Jeffrey D. Sachs.

Summary:

Assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and prosperity, with practical solutions based on a new economic paradigm for our crowded planet.

Record details

ISBN: 9781594201271
ISBN: 1594201277
Physical Description: xiii, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-369) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Common challenges, common wealth -- Our crowded planet -- The anthropocene -- Global solutions to climate change -- Securing our water needs -- A home for all species -- Global population dynamics -- Completing the demographic transition -- The strategy of economic development -- Ending poverty traps -- Economic security in a changing world -- Rethinking foreign policy -- Achieving global goals -- The power of one.

PART ONE: New economics for the twenty-first century -- Common challenges, common wealth -- Our crowded planet

PART TWO: Environmental sustainability -- The anthropocene -- Global solutions to climate change -- Securing our water needs -- A home for all species

PART THREE: The demographic challenge -- Global population dynamics -- Completing the demographic transition

PART FOUR: Prosperity for all -- The strategy of economic development -- Ending poverty traps -- Economic security in a changing world

PART FIVE: Global problem solving -- Rethinking foreign policy -- Achieving global goals -- The power of one.