Contents: 1. The Litany 2. Human welfare 3. Can human prosperity continue? 4. Pollution : does it undercut human prosperity? 5. Tomorrow's problems 6. The real state of the world.
This volume provides a uniquely rich set of arguments and data for prioritizing our responses to some of the most serious problems facing the world today, such as climate change, communicable diseases, conflicts, education, financial instability, corruption, migration, malnutrition and hunger, trade barriers, and water access. Leading economists evaluate the evidence for costs and benefits of v…
Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems 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 state-of-the-art analysis and sketch out some promising policy solutions for which they provide cost-benefit ratios.