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“This book is so important I wish I could make it required reading for every citizen of this country. And for any one of those citizens who claimed they were Republican, I'd make them read it twice. Jeffrey Sachs for President!!”
Jenny B wrote this review Tuesday, April 5, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It is revelatory, shocking in its detail, pushing you to think of all those aspects that one takes for granted! A must read for the conscientious!!”
Bobby Varanasi, COP wrote this review Wednesday, March 31, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“excellent”
Jose D wrote this review Saturday, March 27, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Nine steps to save the world. Will anyone listen?”
MOF wrote this review Friday, April 18, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very Interesting and captivating. It is a book for Econ lovers.”
Economico Naturalista wrote this review Wednesday, October 28, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Sachs illustrates, powerfully, that there are concrete ways in which our leaders can act together to tackle world issues. The strategies he proposes are pragmatic in their scale and have been tested in many different places around the world.
jamesd wrote this review Monday, August 31, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The difficulty in reading the book is in believing that our leaders will set aside self (and narrow national) interest to to avert future crises.”“Ploughing through it slowly. Challenging and tough to read, but really think I should carry on.”
Judi F wrote this review Monday, June 29, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“bought it and it's in the stack for when work stops taxing my brain and I can handle reading non-fluffy stuff again”
Kris D wrote this review Tuesday, June 2, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“If we pick one book as our guide to living on this planet, it should be Common Wealth. Jeffrey Sachs lays out the solutions to all of the world's major problems. He lays out the urgency of acting now and for the long term. He dispels the myths surrounding the doubters and the misguided. In the End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs makes it clear why we should care and what we can do to eliminate extreme poverty. He goes beyond that in this book to talk about the major issues of our time: environmental sustainability, population stability, and every person's right to succeed. If we can afford the pointless war in Iraq, we can afford to sustain this planet and all its people.”
Shiao-ying F wrote this review Friday, February 27, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Nicole R said: 4 stars
Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Friday, December 26, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
First of all, I am NOT an economist...I am far from it. I have trouble balancing my own checkbook let alone deciding how billions of people interact in the world economy. Despite my lack of background knowledge, Common Wealth was a truly engaging, informative, and (dare I say) entertaining read!
I found particularly interesting the chapters on global solutions to climate change and the entire section (two chapters) on demographics and the numbers behind the population increase. In the population section he presented concepts I hadn't really thought of before about "population momentum" - of how, even if fertility rates around the world drop to single replacement overnight, the population would continue to grow to do the population structure (a disproportionate number of young people who have yet to have children).
I also completely agree with his view that it is going to take global cooperation and commitment to solve the myriad problems facing the world economy. It is time to stop pointing fingers and dodging blame but instead, step up to the plate and be a world leader....something I have great hopes for in terms of the new administration! ”
