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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. The New York Times - Daniel Gross Even congenital optimists have good reason to suspect that this time the prophets of economic doom may be on point, with the advent of seemingly unstoppable developments like climate change and the explosive growth of China and India. Which is why Sachs's book—lucid, quietly urgent and relentlessly logical—resonates…Sachs smartly describes how we got here, and the path we must take to avert disaster. The director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the author of The End of Poverty, Sachs is perhaps the best-known economist writing on developmental issues (or any other kind of issues) today. And this is Bigthink with a capital B.
Foreword Edward O. Wilson xiPart 1 New Economics for the Twenty-first Century1 Common Challenges, Common Wealth 32 Our Crowded Planet 17Part 2 Environmental Sustainability3 The Anthropocene 574 Global Solutions to Climate Change 835 Securing Our Water Needs 1156 A Home for All Species 139Part 3 The Demographic Challenge7 Global Population Dynamics 1598 Completing the Demographic Transition 183Part 4 Prosperity for All9 The Strategy of Economic Development 20510 Ending Poverty Traps 22711 Economic Security in a Changing World 255Part 5 Global Problem Solving12 Rethinking Foreign Policy 27113 Achieving Global Goals 29114 The Power of One 313Acknowledgments 341List of Acronyms 347Notes 349References 361Index 371
