Best Things First

The book promotes many good policy ideas in global development, and first-and-foremost pushes for better prioritization and does that in an accessible way. There is a relatively strong body of evidence underpinning these books, including the background papers for each chapter. Still I take a number......more

I absolutely love Bjorne work and the thinking that goes into how to actually make the world a better place while dealing with finite resources. Each chapter is reasonably quick to read. I think that one thing he does well is to not tie any of his work to any specific activity (obviously excluding t......more

For anyone who likes to arbitrarily divide people between having 'serious' or 'simple' politics, you will really like this book. In terms of positives, there is a something comforting with the way Bjørn Lomborg has so neatly organised the world's problems. Lomborg comes across as contemplative, and......more

This book lucidly demonstrates how the UN and other governmental entities with funding power should be thinking about solving global problems --best things first-- and offers twelve ideas with the highest benefit-cost ratios. I am always deeply skeptical of economists' modeling of anything, but since......more