Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Common wealth : economics for a crowded planet


by Jeffrey Sachs.

The book addresses the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century.
The author argues that our task is to achieve truly sustainable development by 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.He shows that there are different ways of managing the world's technologies, resources and politics from those currently being followed ...book cover


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