U.S. military spending in 2006 was nearly equal to the military spending of the rest of the world combined.
China is adding the equivalent of 500-megawatt coal-fired plants per week - the total capacity of the UK power grid.
p. 75 Common Wealth
One sixth of the world remains trapped in extreme poverty unrelieved by global economic growth, and the poverty trap poses tragic hardships for the poor and great risks for the rest of the world.
p. 6 Common Wealth
By adopting a number of practical low-carbon technologies, we can bring the climate change problem under control at modest cost, indeed a far lower cost than the horrendous climate risks we face with business as usual.
p. 103 Common Wealth
We have reached the beginning of the twenty-first century with a very crowded planet: 6.6 billion people living in an interconnected global economy producing an astounding $60 trillion of output each year.
p. 17 Common Wealth
One day’s Pentagon spending would provide enough funds to ensure antimalarial bed net protection for every sleeping site in Africa for five years.
p. 274 Common Wealth
July 8, 2008
Grist: Sachs Education
June 12, 2008
Jeff Sachs interviewed on German TV news, The Monitor
May 17, 2008
The New York Times: Famine Looms as Wars Rend Horn of Africa
May 5, 2008
The Independent: Jeffrey Sachs: You Ask The Questions
April 28, 2008
Lecture and Book Signing
April 28, 2008
Newsweek: Rivers Running Dry
April 25, 2008
Real Time with Bill Maher
April 21, 2008
MaximNews Network: Jeffrey Sachs' New Masterpiece: Common Wealth - Economics For A Crowded Planet
April 17, 2008
Bloomberg News: Sachs Says U.S. Not Doing Enough for Environment
April 16, 2008
Charlie Rose Show: A conversation with Jeffrey Sachs
Aptil 9, 2008
Authors@Google: Jeffrey D. Sachs
April 5, 2008
Guardian: How to save the world
April, 2008
Scientific American: Technological Keys to Climate Protection
By Jeffrey Sachs
Mar 31, 08
NY1: One on 1
"It's not everyone who can call both world leaders and rock stars friends, but it's all part of a bigger goal for economist Jeffrey Sachs, and the purpose could not be more serious. He's the subject of this week's One on 1 with Budd Mishkin. "
Mar 25, 08
The Lou Dobbs Show
Jeff comes on half way through the first hour.
Mar 25, 08
WNYC-93.9FM (NPR): "The Leonard Lopate Show"
Watch excerpt below or listen to entire show
Mar 20, 08
The Diane Rhem Show: Listen to Interview
Mar 18, 08
The Daily Show
Mar 15, 08
Times Online: 'Still hope for Earth if we co-operate'
In an extract from his new book, the author argues that we must wake up to our increasing global interedpendence
Mar 13, 08
TIME: Common Wealth
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
Ongoing Q&A
Slate: Common Wealth
