Apocalypse now or never? Some challenges The role of technology Markets and market failures Standad remedies Collective action at the supranational level Global and regional treaties Some key issues Purpose of the book Plan of the book Global interdependencies: basic tools and principles "He made me do it": the prisioner's dilemma Other games and their applicability External effects: further considerations Public goods Public goods with selective incentives Public supply agregation considerations Concluding remarks For our children's children Irreversibilities and first-mover advantage The role of discounting on irreversible decisions Sustainable growth An expanded taxonomy for public goods Authoritarian versus democratic regimes The impact of income inequality on intergenerational choice Missing markets and intergenerational choice Institutional aspects Global house People and more people Tropical deforestation Global warming Ozone shield depletion Acid rain Transnational terrorism Peacekeeping missions Architecture of institutions The need for supranational infrastructure Design principles Linkage benefits and costs Linkage formation Linkage structure Nongovernmental alternatives A supranational link case study: LRTAP Other design-promoting factors Change we must: evolutionary concerns On repeated games Evolutionary games Evolutionary games and global challenges Evolution and the effects of income distribution Equity among nations? Causes of increased global income inequality Trade and the environment When is income inequality a good thing? When is income inequality a bad thing Implications for income policies Intergenerational problems once again Near horizons Global crises: myth or reality? Global conflicts: the outlook Problems of the next millennium and beyond Wither the nation-state? Key conclusions of the book