Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Sachs Klappentext How should we address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the 21st century. Our task, Sachs argues, is to achieve truly sustainable development, by which he means finding a global course which enables the world to benefit from the spread of prosperity while ensuring that we don't destroy the eco-systems which keep us alive and our place in nature which helps sustain our values. How do we move forward together, benefitting from our increasing technological mastery, avoiding the dangers of climate change, famines, conflicts, population explosions in some parts of the world and collapses in others, and world-wide pandemic diseases? Zusammenfassung Tells about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century. This book shows that there are different ways of managing the world's technology, resources and politics from those being followed.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jeffrey Sachs, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sachs Jeffrey
• Edition: Penguin Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 31.07.2011
• EAN: 9780141026152
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102615-2
• Pages: 386
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Economie publique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie publique; Weltwirtschaft, Entwicklungspolitik, Wirtschaftspolitik, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Geopolitics, Economic Geography, Popular economics