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050 00 $aHN13$b.H676 2013
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245 00 $aHow much have global problems cost the world? :$ba scorecard from 1900 to 2050 /$cedited by Bjorn Lomborg.
264 1 $aCambridge :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $axvii, 384 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction Bjorn Lomborg; Executive summaries; 1. Air pollution Guy Hutton; Armed conflicts S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess; 3. Climate change Richard S. J. Tol; 4. Ecosystems and biodiversity Anil Markandya and Aline Chiabai; 5. Education Harry Anthony Patrinos and George Psacharopoulos; 6. Gender inequality Joyce P. Jacobsen; 7. Human health Dean T. Jamison, Prabhat Jha, Varun Malhotra and Stephane Verguet; 8. Malnutrition Sue Horton and Richard H. Steckel; 9. Trade barriers Kym Anderson; 10. Water and sanitation Marc Jeuland, David Fuente, Semra Ozdemir, Maura Allaire and Dale Whittington; Index
520 $aThere are often blanket claims that the world is facing more problems than ever but there is a lack of empirical data to show where things have deteriorated or in fact improved. In this book, some of the world's leading economists discuss ten problems that have blighted human development, ranging from malnutrition, education, and climate change, to trade barriers and armed conflicts. Costs of the problems are quantified in percent of GDP, giving readers a unique opportunity to understand the development of each problem over the past century and the likely development into the middle of this century, and to compare the size of the challenges. For example: how bad was air pollution in 1900? How has it deteriorated and what about the future? Did climate change cost more than malnutrition in 2010? This pioneering initiative to provide answers to many of these questions will undoubtedly spark debate amongst a wide readership --$cProvided by Publisher.
650 0 $aSocial problems$xEconomic aspects$xHistory.
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700 1 $aLomborg, Bjørn,$d1965-
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