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Mortgaging the Earth

The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Bruce Rich

    1. The Environmental Law Institute, Washington District of Columbia, USA

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  • An important companion to Bruce Rich's new book, Foreclosing the Future

  • Critically acclaimed when first published in 1994: Called "a hard-hitting and authoritative work, useful and provocative" by The Christian Science Monitor and "a detailed and thought-provoking look at an important subject" by The New York Times Book Review

  • Widely used in courses in political science, public policy, international relations, and environmental studies

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Dwelling Place of the Angels

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 1-24

  3. Decade of Debacles

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 25-48

  4. Brave New World at Bretton Woods

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 49-80

  5. The Faustian Paradox of Robert McNamara

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 81-106

  6. Greens Lay Siege to the Crystal Palace

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 107-147

  7. The Emperor’s New Clothes

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 148-181

  8. The Castle of Contradictions

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 182-199

  9. From Descartes to Chico Mendes: A Brief History of Modernity as Development

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 200-241

  10. Who Shall Rule the World—and How?

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 242-280

  11. What on Earth Is to Be Done?

    • Bruce Rich
    Pages 281-318

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 319-376
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About this book

Called a “detailed and thought-provoking look at an important subject” by The New York Times, Mortgaging the Earth analyzes the twenty year period leading up the 1992 Rio Summit. Rich offers not only an important history but critical insights about economic development that are ever-more relevant today.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Environmental Law Institute, Washington District of Columbia, USA

    Bruce Rich

About the author

Bruce Rich is lawyer who has worked for three decades with national environmental organizations. He is an expert on public international finance and the environment. He received the United Nations Global 500 Award for environmental achievement for his research and advocacy concerning multilateral development banks. He is the author of Mortgaging the Earth and To Uphold the World, as well as articles in publications including The Financial Times, The Ecologist, and Environmental Forum, the policy journal of the Environmental Law Institute.

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