Common wealth: economics for a crowded planet

Table of Contents Pt. 1. New economics for the twenty-first century: 1. Common challenges, common wealth 2. Our crowded planet Pt. 2. Environmental sustainability: 3. The anthropocene 4. Global solutions to climate change 5. Securing our water needs 6. A home for all species Pt. 3. The demographic challenge: 7. Global population dynamics 8. Completing the demographic transition Pt. 4. Prosperity for all: 9. The strategy of economic development 10. Ending poverty traps 11. Economic security in a changing world Pt. 5. Global problem solving: 12. Rethinking foreign policy 13. Achieving global goals 14. The power of one List of acronyms.

Jeffrey Sachs is one of the world's leading thinkers and activists in economic development. In this inspiring new book he sets out a realistic, practical plan for solving the most severe crises our world faces - population growth, climate change, extreme poverty - in a way that will ultimately benefit all of us. By harnessing new technology and a new ethic of global co-operation, he shows, we can find common ground in our crowded world, leaving a healthy, healed planet for future generations. It is a book which appeals equally to the head and the heart