Common wealth
Subtitle: economics for a crowded planet
By: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Publisher: Penguin Books; Penguin Group USA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780143114871
Subjects: Economic policy; Sustainable development
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-369) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Edward O. Wilson -- pt. 1.; title: New economics for the twenty-first century -- -- 1.; title: Common challenges, common wealth -- -- 2.; title: Our crowded planet -- -- pt. 2.; title: Environmental sustainability -- -- 3. The; title: anthropocene -- -- 4.; title: Global solutions to climate change -- -- 5.; title: Securing our water needs -- -- 6. A; title: home for all species -- -- pt. 3. The; title: demographic challenge -- -- 7.; title: Global population dynamics -- -- 8.; title: Completing the demographic transition -- -- pt. 4.; title: Prosperity for all -- -- 9. The; title: strategy of economic development -- -- 10.; title: Ending poverty traps -- -- 11.; title: Economic security in a changing world -- -- pt. 5.; title: Global problem solving -- -- 12.; title: Rethinking foreign policy -- -- 13.; title: Achieving global goals -- -- 14. The; title: power of one --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: List of acronyms --; title: Notes --; title: References --; title: Index.