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

By: Sachs, Jeffrey.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2008Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-369) and index.Description: xiii, 386 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594201271; 1594201277.Subject(s): Economic policy | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 338.9
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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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 338.9 Sa14 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003368107

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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