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Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)
Download or read book How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World? written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107292433
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)
Download or read book How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World? written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education, and climate change, to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the problems are quantified in percent of GDP, giving readers a unique opportunity to understand the development of each problem over the past century and the likely development into the middle of this century, and to compare the size of the challenges. For example: how bad was air pollution in 1900? How has it deteriorated and what about the future? Did climate change cost more than malnutrition in 2010? This pioneering initiative to provide answers to many of these questions will undoubtedly spark debate amongst a wide readership.
Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107027330
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book How Much have Global Problems Cost the World? written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bjørn Lomborg invites leading economists to provide an innovative 150-year view of humanity's biggest challenges, measured in economic terms.
Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521517214
Total Pages : 711 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Global Crises, Global Solutions written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book leading economists evaluate how the world can best spend money to combat the world's biggest problems.
Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139469231
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving them. However, even if all governments were willing to spend more money on solving the problems, we cannot do it all at once. We have to prioritize; and in order to do this we need a better sense of the costs and benefits of each 'solution'. This book offers a rigorous overview of twenty-three of the world's biggest problems relating to the environment, governance, economics, and health and population. Leading economists provide a short survey of the analysis and sketch out policy solutions for which they provide cost-benefit ratios. A unique feature is the provision of freely downloadable software which allows readers to make their own cost-benefit calculations for spending money to make the world a better place.
Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139457209
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-06-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Bjørn Lomborg, this abridged version of the highly acclaimed Global Crises, Global Solutions provides a serious yet accessible springboard for debate and discussion on the world's most serious problems, and what we can do to solve them. In a world fraught with problems and challenges, we need to gauge how to achieve the greatest good with our money. This unique book provides a rich set of dialogs examining ten of the most serious challenges facing the world today: climate change, the spread of communicable diseases, conflicts and arms proliferation, access to education, financial instability, governance and corruption, malnutrition and hunger, migration, sanitation and access to clean water, and subsidies and trade barriers. Each problem is introduced by a world-renowned expert who defines the scale of the issue and examines a range of policy options.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309182158
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Learning from SARS written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-04-26 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel epidemic that spread rapidly from its origins in southern China until it had reached more than 25 other countries within a matter of months. In addition to the number of patients infected with the SARS virus, the disease had profound economic and political repercussions in many of the affected regions. Recent reports of isolated new SARS cases and a fear that the disease could reemerge and spread have put public health officials on high alert for any indications of possible new outbreaks. This report examines the response to SARS by public health systems in individual countries, the biology of the SARS coronavirus and related coronaviruses in animals, the economic and political fallout of the SARS epidemic, quarantine law and other public health measures that apply to combating infectious diseases, and the role of international organizations and scientific cooperation in halting the spread of SARS. The report provides an illuminating survey of findings from the epidemic, along with an assessment of what might be needed in order to contain any future outbreaks of SARS or other emerging infections.
Author : JoAnn Chirico
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506347797
Total Pages : 849 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Global Problems, Global Solutions written by JoAnn Chirico and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Problems, Global Solutions: Prospects for a Better World approaches social problems from a global perspective with an emphasis on using one’s sociological imagination. Perfect for instructors who involve students in research, this text connects problems borne by individuals to regional, global and historical forces, and stresses the importance of evidence in forming opinions and policies addressing social issues. The book introduces readers to the complexities of the major problems that confront us today such as violent conflict, poverty, climate change, human trafficking and other issues that we encounter in our lives. It book concludes with a chapter on politics and government, underscoring the need for good governance at all levels–and cooperation among many layers of government–to build a better world.
Author : Jean-francois Rischard
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465004415
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book High Noon written by Jean-francois Rischard and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ambitious, challenging, yet superbly readable book, Jean-Francois Rischard first tells us what constitutes a "global" problem and then offers a brief overview of the twenty most important. He finds they all have two things in common: They're getting worse, not better, and the standard strategies for dealing with them, such as international treaties, are woefully inadequate to the task. The chief problem is that in our high-population, fast-moving, globalized and interconnected world, we don't have an effective way of addressing the problems that such a world creates. Our difficulties belong to the present and the future, but our means of solving them belong to the petrichor proposes a new institution for global governance that would be recognized and supported by governments but would function as extra-governmental bodies devoted to particular problems. The powers of these "global issues networks" would not be legal but normative: They would monitor compliance with various globally recognized standards and would single out the nations and organizations that were not co-operating. Anyone who has eaten a can of "dolphin-safe" tuna knows how powerful, in a market-driven world, the pressure to comply with such standards can be. No book has ever presented such a clear and unified appraisal of global problems or offered such a consistent and well-defined approach to solving them. High Noon will be an agenda-setting book of interest across the political spectrum.
Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107435242
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Global Problems, Smart Solutions written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every four years since 2004, the Copenhagen Consensus Center has organized and hosted a high profile thought experiment about how a hypothetical extra $75 billion of development assistance money might best be spent to solve twelve of the major crises facing the world today. Collated in this specially commissioned book, a group of more than 50 experts make their cases for investment, discussing how to combat problems ranging from armed conflicts, corruption and trade barriers, to natural disasters, hunger, education and climate change. For each case, 'Alternative Perspectives' are also included to provide a critique and make other suggestions for investment. In addition, a panel of senior economists, including four Nobel Laureates, rank the attractiveness of each policy proposal in terms of its anticipated cost-benefit ratio. This thought-provoking book opens up debate, encouraging readers to come up with their own rankings and decide which solutions are smarter than others.
Author : John L. Seitz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047065564X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Global Issues written by John L. Seitz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensively revised and updated, the new Fourth Edition of Global Issues: An Introduction offers a unique approach to the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life. Revised and updated to reflect the latest global developments Examines the most important environmental, economic, social, and political concerns of modern life The only book of its kind to use the concept of development to illustrate how different global issues are interrelated Includes a new section on nuclear energy Chapter boxes examine ways that individuals can have a positive impact on the issues examined within the text Key features include a glossary of terms; guides to further reading, media, and Internet resources; and suggestions for discussing and studying the material
Author : Michael A. Livermore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019993438X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy written by Michael A. Livermore and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues in favor of using cost-benefit analysis globally and examines the positive impact it can have in developing countries using relevant case studies. The book discusses the potential for cost-benefit analysis to provoke a global shift toward stronger and more effective economic policies.
Author : Bjorn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108245889
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Prioritizing Development written by Bjorn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique guide to making the world a better place. Experts apply a critical eye to the United Nations' Sustainable Development agenda, also known as the Global Goals, which will affect the flow of $2.5 trillion of development aid up until 2030. Renowned economists, led by Bjorn Lomborg, determine what pursuing different targets will cost and achieve in social, environmental and economic benefits. There are 169 targets, covering every area of international development – from health to education, sanitation to conflict. Together, these analyses make the case for prioritizing the most effective development investments. A panel of Nobel Laureate economists identify a set of 19 phenomenal development targets, and argue that this would achieve as much as quadrupling the global aid budget.
Author : Pietra Rivoli
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047172419X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)
Download or read book The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy written by Pietra Rivoli and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY "Engrossing . . . (Rivoli) goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner . . . full of memorable characters and vivid scenes." —Time "An engaging and illuminating saga. . . . Rivoli follows her T-shirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale. . . . Her nuanced and fair-minded approach is all the more powerful for eschewing the pretense of ideological absolutism, and her telescopic look through a single industry has all the makings of an economics classic." —The New York Times "Rarely is a business book so well written that one would gladly stay up all night to finish it. Pietra Rivoli's The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is just such a page-turner." —CIO magazine "Succeeds admirably . . . T-shirts may not have changed the world, but their story is a useful account of how free trade and protectionism certainly have." —Financial Times "[A] fascinating exploration of the history, economics, and politics of world trade . . . The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a thought-provoking yarn that exhibits the ugly, the bad, and the good of globalization, and points to the unintended positive consequences of the clash between proponents and opponents of free trade." —Star-Telegram (Fort Worth) "Part travelogue, part history, and part economics, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is ALL storytelling, and in the grand style. A must-read." —Peter J. Dougherty, Senior Economics Editor, Princeton University Press author of Who's Afraid of Adam Smith? "A readable and evenhanded treatment of the complexities of free trade . . . As Rivoli repeatedly makes clear, there is absolutely nothing free about free trade except the slogan." —San Francisco Chronicle
Author : Alice Korngold
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781137327659
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (276 download)
Download or read book A Better World, Inc. written by Alice Korngold and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book shows companies and their executives how to profit by developing solutions to the world's most daunting challenges those that governments cannot, and have not yet addressed. Using case studies, A Better World, Inc . delineates best practices for businesses to maximize revenues and reduce costs.
Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107039592
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Global Problems, Smart Solutions written by Bjørn Lomborg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high profile thought experiment asks leading scholars to make cases for spending additional aid money to combat major world problems.
Author : Peter E. Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975563625
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Easy Solutions to Global Problems written by Peter E. Green and published by . This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green sets forth a global 10-step plan to halt the present environmental problems and start humanity on a road to a world that is truly worth living in.
