Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Sachs, Jeffrey. Title: Common wealth : economics for a crowded planet / Jeffrey D. Sachs. Publisher, Date: New York : Penguin Press, 2008. Description: xiii, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm 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. Subjects: Economic policy. Sustainable development. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-369) and index. Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner. Contents: Foreword / by Edward O. Wilson -- Part 1: New economics for the twenty-first century. Common challenges, common wealth ; Our crowded planet -- Part 2: Environmental sustainability. The anthropocene ; Global solutions to climate change ; Securing our water needs ; A home for all species -- Part 3: The demographic challenge. Global population dynamics ; Completing the demographic transition -- Part 4: Prosperity for all. The strategy of economic development ; Ending poverty traps ; Economic security in a changing world -- Part 5: Global problem solving. Rethinking foreign policy ; Achieving global goals ; The power of one. Web Site: Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2007035111 ISBN: 9781594201271 1594201277 9780143114871 0143114875 9780141026152 0141026154 9780143143031 0143143034 Other Number: 167764116 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 210802 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 338.9 Sachs Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
