Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Author: Jeffrey D. SachsContributor: Malcolm Hilgartner
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2008-03-18
ISBN: 0143143034
Number of pages: 10
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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Book Review: Insightful, frightening and promising
Summary: 5 Stars
Famed economist Jeffrey Sachs manages to deliver pessimistic news in an optimistic way. Yes, the Earth faces dire threats from global warming, poverty, war, deforestation and mass extinctions. Yet Sachs asserts that these severe problems are manageable. Fixing them will cost $840 billion - a massive amount indeed, but, as Sachs argues, only 2.4% of the rich world's gross national product. Sachs doesn't shy away from politically touchy pronouncements. He argues against the U.S. war in Iraq and for legalized abortion. Still, throughout the fray, his book strikes the unlikely balance of delivering a message that's both frightening and promising. getAbstract recommends this book to anyone seeking insight into the world's most pressing problems.
Summary of Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
From one of the world's greatest economic minds, author of the New York Times bestseller The End of Poverty, a clear and vivid map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity and an augury of the global economic collapse that lies ahead if we don't follow it.Sustainable Development Books
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