Best Things First
Bjorn Lomborg
Selected as one of the Best Books of 2023 by The Economist.
In this urgent, thought-provoking book, Bjorn Lomborg presents the 12 most efficient solutions for the world's poorest and our global SDG promises. • If you want to make the world better, Best Things First is the book to read.
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, but nowhere near halfway. Together with more than a hundred of the world’s top economists, Bjorn Lomborg has worked for years to identify the world’s best solutions. Based on 12 new, peer-reviewed papers, forthcoming in Cambridge University Press’ Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, this book highlights the world’s best policies.
Duration - 7h 35m.
Author - Bjorn Lomborg.
Narrator - Pete Ferrand.
Published Date - Sunday, 28 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 Bjorn Lomborg ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Selected as one of the Best Books of 2023 by The Economist. In this urgent, thought-provoking book, Bjorn Lomborg presents the 12 most efficient solutions for the world's poorest and our global SDG promises. • If you want to make the world better, Best Things First is the book to read. 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, but nowhere near halfway. Together with more than a hundred of the world’s top economists, Bjorn Lomborg has worked for years to identify the world’s best solutions. Based on 12 new, peer-reviewed papers, forthcoming in Cambridge University Press’ Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, this book highlights the world’s best policies. Duration - 7h 35m. Author - Bjorn Lomborg. Narrator - Pete Ferrand. Published Date - Sunday, 28 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Bjorn Lomborg ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
Preface
Duration:00:06:58
Chapter 1: Doing the Best Things First
Duration:00:06:44
Chapter 2: Promises, Promises
Duration:00:24:53
Chapter 3: Do the Smartest Solutions First
Duration:00:26:19
Chapter 4: Tuberculosis
Duration:00:27:54
Chapter 5: Education
Duration:00:27:13
Chapter 6: Maternal and Newborn Health
Duration:00:26:56
Chapter 7: Agricultural R&D: More and Cheaper Food
Duration:00:33:50
Chapter 8: Malaria
Duration:00:30:35
Chapter 9: e-Procurement: Reducing Corruption
Duration:00:27:26
Chapter 10: Nutrition
Duration:00:24:19
Chapter 11: Chronic Diseases
Duration:00:30:06
Chapter 12: Childhood Immunization
Duration:00:26:21
Chapter 13: More Trade
Duration:00:25:07
Chapter 14: Highly Skilled Migration
Duration:00:43:45
Chapter 15: Land Tenure Security
Duration:00:40:43
Appendix: Benefit-cost Analysis
Duration:00:25:49
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:19