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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 386 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781594201271
  • 1594201277
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 87 .S23 2008
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Contents:
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-369) and index.

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.

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.


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