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How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
Edited By Bj Rn Lom
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Description for How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
Paperback. Abridged version of Global Crises, Global Solutions, discussing the ten most serious world-wide challenges. Editor(s): Lomborg, Bjorn. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 207.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521685719
SKU
V9780521685719
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Ref
99-1
About Edited By Bj Rn Lom
Bjørn Lomborg is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at the Copenhagen Business School and the director of the Danish Environmental Assessment Institute. He is also the author of the controversial bestseller, The Skeptical Environmentalist (Cambridge, 2001).
Reviews for How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
'… it is refreshing to read a book that is about a concrete action rather than simply talking.' New Statesman '… makes for good reading on subjects that I encourage all my students to reflect on.' The Times Higher Education Supplement