Global Crises, Global Solutions: Costs and Benefits
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| Anteprima |
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.
