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From one of the worlds greatest economic minds and author of the New York Times bestseller The End of Poverty comes this clear map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity, and a warning of the economic collapse that lies ahead if policies arent changed.

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• Foreword(p. xi)
• Part 1 New Economics for the Twenty-first Century
• 1 Common Challenges, Common Wealth(p. 3)
• 2 Our Crowded Planet(p. 17)
• Part 2 Environmental Sustainability
• 3 The Anthropocene(p. 57)
• 4 Global Solutions to Climate Change(p. 83)
• 5 Securing Our Water Needs(p. 115)
• 6 A Home for All Species(p. 139)
• Part 3 The Demographic Challenge
• 7 Global Population Dynamics(p. 159)
• 8 Completing the Demographic Transition(p. 183)
• Part 4 Prosperity for All
• 9 The Strategy of Economic Development(p. 205)
• 10 Ending Poverty Traps(p. 227)
• 11 Economic Security in a Changing World(p. 255)
• Part 5 Global Problem Solving
• 12 Rethinking Foreign Policy(p. 271)
• 13 Achieving Global Goals(p. 291)
• 14 The Power of One(p. 313)
• Acknowledgments(p. 341)
• List of Acronyms(p. 347)
• Notes(p. 349)
• References(p. 361)
• Index(p. 371)

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Library Journal Review

In his first book, The End of Poverty, development economist and UN special adviser Sachs laid out how extreme poverty in places like Africa could be alleviated. Here, he identifies and offers strategies for dealing with the leading global threats of the coming decades, such as environmental degradation, overpopulation, and resource depletion, arguing persuasively that much of the threat to humanity comes from those living in extreme poverty. He calls for wealthy nations to invest in efforts to improve the conditions of the extremely poor and thereby lessen the impact of extreme poverty on the planet. He explains in detail the goals that need to be met and how governments, not-for-profits, the private sector, and even individuals, can cooperate to achieve them. He reserves much of his criticism for the United States, which he says spends far too much on military technology that will prove ineffective in dealing with the true threats to our security. Though Sachs avoids jargon and writes clearly, the book would be heavy going for casual readers. Nevertheless, his work is an eloquent plea and a solid argument for global economic and political cooperation. Highly recommended for most libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 4/15/07.]-Lawrence R. Maxted, Gannon Univ., Erie, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

In this sobering but optimistic manifesto, development economist Sachs (The End of Poverty) argues that the crises facing humanity are daunting-but solutions to them are readily at hand. Sachs focuses on four challenges for the coming decades: heading off global warming and environmental destruction; stabilizing the world's population; ending extreme poverty; and breaking the political logjams that hinder global cooperation on these issues. The author analyses economic data, demographic trends and climate science to create a lucid, accessible and suitably grim exposition of looming problems, but his forte is elaborating concrete, pragmatic, low-cost remedies complete with benchmarks and budgets. Sachs's entire agenda would cost less than 3% of the world's annual income, and he notes that a mere two days' worth of Pentagon spending would fund a comprehensive antimalaria program for Africa, saving countless lives. Forthright government action is the key to avoiding catastrophe, the author contends, not the unilateral, militarized approach to international problems that he claims is pursued by the Bush administration. Combining trenchant analysis with a resounding call to arms, Sachs's book is an important contribution to the debate over the world's future. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

CHOICE Review

A crowded planet can secure wealth for all only through collective action to overcome the failures of market forces. So argues Sachs in this comprehensive work on the twin challenges of environmental sustainability and extreme deprivation. The author of The End of Poverty (CH, Jul'05, 42-6608) and director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, Sachs moves easily from the basic sciences of resource and climate sustainability, to demographics and geography, and back to economic development. Again he calls on the most fortunate to extend meaningful long-term aid enabling all to gain a foothold on the development ladder. Sachs is unusually fluent in drawing from diverse fields, and readers will confront a call to action rather than a dispassionate consideration of evidence. Specialists may find some of the presentation overly prescriptive and superficial, but students and general readers will leave the book broadly and accurately informed. If Sachs seems unreasonably optimistic on possibilities for technology and aid to lift the poorest of the world's regions, he acknowledges many difficulties. Both a deep introduction to the great challenges of sustainable development and a manifesto, this works stands apart from the typical scholarly and popular fare. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, all levels of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and professionals. J. Booker Siena College

Booklist Review

In his best-selling End of Poverty (2005), economist Sachs escorted readers to some of the world's poorest countries and suggested nine strategies that together constitute a comprehensive plan for replacing poverty with sustainable prosperity while also addressing environmental degradation and other threats to geopolitical security. His latest book reiterates the call to action and reminds readers that the gravest threats facing rich and poor alike arise from highly interrelated economic and environmental problems, a function of our increasingly overcrowded and ecologically confused planet. In part, Sachs is responding to criticism of his previous work by William Easterly and others who advocate a more fragmentary trial-and-error approach to the world's development problems. More broadly, this is an argument for a new global architecture for geopolitical problem-solving, one that emphasizes science and recognizes the inherent interdependence of corporations, nonprofits, research universities, and governments. As always, Sachs condenses a bewildering volume of statistical data into an accessible form, neatly sums up his core arguments in bullet-point lists, and somehow manages to leave one feeling optimistic about the future of the planet.--Driscoll, Brendan Copyright 2008 Booklist

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Jeffrey David Sachs was born November 5, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Harvard College, where he received his B.A. summa cum laude in 1976. He went on to receive his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard, and was invited to join the Harvard Society of Fellows while still a Harvard graduate student. In 1980, he joined the Harvard faculty as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1982. A year later, at the age of 29, Sachs became a Full Professor of economics with tenure at Harvard. During the next 19 years at Harvard, he became the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, the Director of the Harvard Institute for International Development at the Kennedy School of Government (1995-1999), and the Director of the Center for International Development (1999-2002). Sachs is known for his work as an economic adviser to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. A trained macroeconomist, he advised a number of national governments in the transition from communism to market economies.

Jeffrey Sachs has authored several publications. Some of his titles include Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet and The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity, which earned him a spot on Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List for 2011.

(Bowker Author Biography)