Global Crises, Global Solutions: Costs and Benefits 2nd Edition, Kindle Edition

by Bjørn Lomborg (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

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The first edition of Global Crises, Global Solutions was nominated as one of the books of the year by The Economist in 2004. This second edition asks: if we had more money to spend to help the world's poorest people, where could we spend it most effectively? Using a common framework of cost-benefit analysis a team of leading economists, including five Nobel prize winners, assess the attractiveness of a wide range of policy options for combating ten of the world's biggest problems: Air pollution, Conflicts, Diseases, Education, Global Warming, Malnutrition and Hunger, Sanitation and Clean Water, Subsidies and Trade Barriers, Terrorism, Women and Development. The arguments are clearly presented and fully referenced so that readers are encouraged to make their own evaluation of the menu of policy options on offer. Whether you agree or disagree with the economists' conclusions, there is a wealth of data and ideas to discuss and debate.

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'… an instructive guide … a remarkable book which provides essential data for any informed discussion of vital world problems … so often dominated by ill-informed debate. This book should prove necessary reading for all policy makers and philanthropists concerned with seriously tackling the world's challenges.' Nicholas Newman, www.oxfordprospect.co.uk --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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In this book leading economists evaluate how the world can best spend money to combat the world's biggest problems. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00QIT4KLM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (July 9, 2009)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 9, 2009
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 22939 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 710 pages
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Atanacio Luna

One of my favorite takes on the issue

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One of my favorite takes on the issue. Bjorn Lomborg has fresh ideas and is not afraid to look for solutions. The problem with most scientists is that they take themselves too, too seriously. Yes climate change is a huge issue, could be the greatest challenge civilization, and maybe humanity has ever faced, but it is not the end of the world, just our species in the worst possible case. Lomborg steps back and asks the valid question, how do we deal with it cost-effectively? practically?

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Kendall Svengalis

Commonsense approach to pressing problems

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2012

This unique and invaluable examination of global health and environmental problems is an outgrowth of the "Copenhagen Consensus," an ambitious international project designed to prioritize solutions to the world's leading challenges, including climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, education, financial instability, corruption, migration, malnutrition and hunger, trade barriers, and water access. Its authors include a number of eminent economists who provide arguments and data for prioritizing responses to these problems. In a world of finite financial resources, they apply the latest in scientific knowledge and cost-benefit analysis to various programs in order to gauge how best to achieve the greatest good for the money. Each problem is introduced by a world-renowned expert who analyzes the scale of the problem and evaluates the costs and benefits of a range of policy options to improve the situation. Alternative solutions are also offered by other experts in shorter pieces. All ten challenges are evaluated by a panel of economists from North America, Europe, and China who rank the most promising policy options. For example, the consensus is that it would be far wiser to spend resources on the immediate problem of AIDS in Africa than the more distant one of global warming. At the top of the group's list of 17 projects are control of HIV/AIDS, providing micro nutrients to combat malnutrition, trade liberalization, and control of malaria. At the bottom of the list were guest worker programs for the unskilled and the various projects to address alleged global warming. Bjørn Lomborg is Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of Aarhus and the director of the Danish Environmental Assessment Institute. He is also the author of the bestselling book The Skeptical Environmentalist (2001). This is a fascinating and valuable effort to merge scientific knowledge with an understanding of economic realities in addressing pressing global problems.

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