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Summary: "In this book, Rainer Zitelmann identifies the reasons behind the sensational growth of Vietnam and Poland's economies, drawing out lessons for other countries from these two success stories. He returns to Adam Smith's 1776 treatise, The Wealth of Nations, to explain their success: the only way to overcome poverty is through economic growth, Smith wrote, and economic freedom is the crucial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.4 ZITLomborg, Bjørn
Summary: "World leaders have promised everything to everyone. But they are failing. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals are supposed to be delivered by 2030. The goals literally promise everything, like eradicating poverty, hunger and disease; stopping war and climate change, ending corruption, fixing education along with countless other promises. This year, the world is at halftime for its promises,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Copenhagen Consensus Center 2023
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Summary: "Pay the People! argues that when workers are paid fairly, everyone, including businesses, benefits"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 331.2 DRISummary: As tourism skyrockets in the most famous island in the Pacific, its Indigenous culture and fragile environment suffer under the pressure of unsustainable practices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EATBeiser, Vince
Summary: "How the metals we need to power technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and murder-and how we can do better. An Australian multimillionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Garbage pickers in Nigeria risking their lives to salvage e-waste amid nightmarish pollution. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing artificial intelligence to find metals in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books