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| Denmark: Bjørn Lomborg's "Dream Team" to meet in Copenhagen |
| 2008-01-25 |
| Lomborg, of course, is the well-known environmental skeptic. With Bjørn Lomborg in the lead, 55 economists including four Nobel prize winners will form the team that has the onerous task of how best to solve the world's top ten problems. The economists will meet in Copenhagen from 25-30 May at the Copenhagen Consensus 2008 conference to exchange ideas on solutions that will most effectively improve conditions in the world. Prior to the conference, the 55 members of the team compiled a list of ten of the world's largest challenges. The ten global challenges that will be discussed at the conference are: pollution, subsidy and trade barriers, malnutrition and famine, conflicts, terrorism, global warming, disease, drainage and clean drinking water, education and finally livelihood of women. An expert panel of eight of the 55 economists will list the ten most effective solutions after the conference. 'This great team of economists will show that Denmark can make a global difference with limited resources,' said Lomborg. Sidelining Copenhagen Consensus 2008, 80 students from 37 countries will meet at a youth conference and compile their own list of solutions to challenges faced by countries world-wide. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #6 The 'limited Denmark resouces' are indeed to be proven 'limited' in many many ways, (other than by someone elses checkbook). Bets on algore and Jummy showing up for a (paid) suggestion or two? |
| Posted by: Omung Squank9908 2008-01-25 18:01 |
| #5 "Anyone want to bet their solution involves lots and lots of OTHER PEOPLE'S money?" There - fixed that for ya', CF. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-25 16:05 |
| #4 So how are economists going to solve these problems - especially Famine, Conflicts, Terrorism, and Glo-Bull Worming? Will they perform liver transplants too? How about brain surgery? Maybe they can help me with this tricky network problem in their spare time? Anyone want to bet their solution involves lots and lots of money? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-01-25 15:53 |
| #3 Ten problems plaguing civilization, circa 2000: socialism, the nanny state of overcontrolling management, destruction of true free speech, NIMBYism, Ludditism, rise of state sponsored pseudo religions, laws imposed without consent of the governed, inequities of expectations, failure of responsibilities, and standards of perfection which no people have ever achieved in human history. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-25 15:39 |
| #2 Bad eyes and late winter. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2008-01-25 15:22 |
| #1 "task of how best to solve the world's top ten problems" Shoot all the dictators and half the politicians would be a good first step.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-25 14:52 |