How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World?: A Scorecard from 1900 to 2050

There 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.

Author: Bjørn Lomborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/10/2013
Pages: 401
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.80w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781107679337

About the Author
Lomborg, Bjørn: - Bjørn Lomborg is Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School. He is the author of the controversial bestseller, The Skeptical Environmentalist (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and was named one of the 'top 100 global thinkers' by Foreign Policy magazine in 2010, 2011 and 2012, one of the world's '100 most influential people' by Time and one of the '50 people who could save the planet' by The Guardian.