Global Challenges
An Approach to Environmental, Political, and Economic Problems

Using simple economic reasoning, this book analyses a broad range of global challenges.

Todd Sandler (Author)

9780521587495, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 June 1997

256 pages, 24 b/w illus. 15 tables
22.9 x 15.3 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg

"...interesting and stimulating. ...suited not only for economists but also...for policy students and for political scientists as well as policy makers not necessarily involved in academic work. ...Sandler's book is a serious and fascinating attempt to touch an important and interesting problem." Nir Becker, Southern Economic Journal

Using simple economic reasoning, this book analyses a broad range of global challenges including global warming, ozone shield depletion, acid rain, nuclear waste disposal, revolution dispersion, international terrorism, disease eradication, population growth, tropical deforestation, and peacemaking. These challenges are put into perspective in terms of scientific, economic, and political considerations. Many of these contingencies are shown to be solvable without much explicit coordination among nations. Although there is no panacea to these challenges, much can be done to tailor solutions. This book is intended for a wide audience drawn from the social sciences, including economics, environmental studies, political science, sociology, and public policy. It should also interest the general reader who wants to learn about global challenges.

List of tables and figures
Preface
1. Apocalypse now or never?
2. Global interdependencies: basic tools and principles
3. For our children's children
4. Global house
5. Architecture of Institutions
6. Change we must: evolutionary concerns
7. Equity among nations?
8. Near horizons
References
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Environmental economics [KCN]