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Global Crises, Global Solutions
  • Author : Bjørn Lomborg
  • Release Date : 09 July 2009
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : Business & Economics
  • Pages : 681
  • ISBN 13 : 9780521517218
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Book Description: A timely collection of arguments and data for prioritizing responses to some of the most serious problems facing the world, such as climate change, communicable diseases, and financial instability, features contributions by economists from around the world. Simultaneous.

Global Crises Global Solutions

Global Crises Global Solutions

Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Genre : Business & Economics
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A timely collection of arguments and data for prioritizing responses to some of the most serious problems facing the world, such as climate change, communicable diseases, and financial instability, features contributions by economists from around the world. Simultaneous....

Ten Years to Midnight

Ten Years to Midnight

Author : Blair H. Sheppard
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Genre : Business & Economics
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“Shows how humans have brought us to the brink and how humanity can find solutions. I urge people to read with humility and the daring to act.” —Harpal Singh, former Chair, Save the Children, India, and former Vice Chair, Save the Children International In conversations with people all over the ...

Global Crises Global Solutions

Global Crises Global Solutions

Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Economic development
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In a world fraught with problems and challenges, we need to gauge how to achieve the greatest good with our money. In this volume each problem is introduced by a world expert defining the scale of the problem and describing the costs and benefits of a range of policy options ...

Global Crises Global Solutions

Global Crises Global Solutions

Author : Professor of Statistics Bjorn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Genre : Business & Economics
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Examines the ten most serious challenges facing the world, including climate change, malnutrition and hunger, and communicable diseases, and discusses policy options to address each situation....

Global Financial Crisis

Global Financial Crisis

Author : Chiara Oldani,Professor John J. Kirton,Professor Paolo Savona
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Genre : Business & Economics
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Out of the debate over the effectiveness of the policy responses to the 2008 global financial crisis as well as over the innovativeness of global governance comes this collection by leading academics and practitioners who explore the dynamics of economic crisis and impact. Edited by Paolo Savona, John J. Kirton, and ...

Crisis of Global Sustainability

Crisis of Global Sustainability

Author : Tapio Kanninen
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : POLITICAL SCIENCE
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"The book provides a critical history of the concept of sustainability and the various institutional measures taken to promote, implement and enforce sustainable development"--...

How to Spend 50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

How to Spend 50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Genre : Business & Economics
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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 ...

Social Scientists Confronting Global Crises

Social Scientists Confronting Global Crises

Author : Jean M. Bartunek
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Crises
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"This book arose out of a "rant" by Ed Schein in 2020 arguing that Social Scientists need to address global crises. That is, social scientists develop knowledge that is directly pertinent to global challenges and crises, and need to be included in initiatives taken to address them. They must present our ...

Seven Ways to Change the World

Seven Ways to Change the World

Author : Gordon Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Political Science
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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown offers his solutions to the key issues facing us all in 2021, from Covid to climate change and the crisis of capitalism...

Global Crises and the Challenges of the 21st Century

Global Crises and the Challenges of the 21st Century

Author : Thomas Reifer
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : Political Science
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Despite prognostications of the "end of history," the 21st century has posed new challenges and a host of global crises. This book takes up the current global economic crisis in relation to new and changing dynamics of territory, authority, and rights in today's global system. The authors explore long simmering ...

The Skeptical Environmentalist

The Skeptical Environmentalist

Author : Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Genre : Business & Economics
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The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from ...