How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

Edited by Bjørn Lomborg

Published in June 2006

Cambridge University Press

ISBN-13: 978-0307386526



Abridged version of Global Crises, Global Solutions

Provides a focussed overview of the world's biggest problems and solutions to them. An accessible springboard for debate and discussion.



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Reviews: “This is a stimulating intellectual game with important real-world consequences. Lomborg asks all of us to stop talking grandly and vaguely about solving global problems and instead to rank them - based not only on the potential harm they can cause but also on our ability to turn things around. To govern is to choose and this pithy book forces us to choose.” 

-Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek columnist and author of The Future of Freedom



“The world's staggering problems won't be solved by singing pop songs, denouncing villains, or adopting the proper moral tone, but by figuring out which policies have the best chance of doing the most good. If the world is going to become a better place, it will be because of the kinds of thinking on display in this courageous and fascinating book.” 

-Steven Pinker, Professor, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and The Blank Slate



“This book helps you make up your own mind, prioritize, and make your own choice. Just in time.” 

-Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, and author of Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands



“Bjørn Lomborg and his economist colleagues have produced a fascinating and unexpected consensus, which can start a debate about global priorities: Should we prioritize a costly and uncertain attempt to reduce effects of global warming in a hundred years time while millions are dying for lack of mosquito nets or condoms?” 

-Matt Ridley, author of Nature via Nurture



"This small volume reflects an admirable undertaking, gracefully explained for those interested in guarding the future" 

-Publishers Weekly