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Fragile Futures
- The Uncertain Economics of Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change
Engelsk Hardback
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Fragile Futures
- The Uncertain Economics of Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change
Engelsk Hardback

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This book revisits a distinction introduced in 1921 by economists Frank Knight and John Maynard Keynes: that between statistically predictable future events (''risks'') and statistically unpredictable, uncertain events (''uncertainties''). Governments have generally ignored the latter, perceiving phenomena such as pandemics, natural disasters and climate change as uncontrollable Acts of God. As a result, there has been little if any preparation for future catastrophes. Our modern society is more interconnected and more globalized than ever. Dealing with uncertain future events requires a stronger and more globally coordinated government response. This book suggests a larger, more global government role in dealing with these disasters and keeping economic inequalities low. Major institutional changes, such as regulating the private sector for the common good and dealing with special harms, risks and crises, especially those concerning climate change and pandemics, are necessary in order to achieve any semblance of future progress for humankind.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
246
ISBN-13:
9781009100120
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1009100122
Udg. Dato:
19 maj 2022
Længde:
28mm
Bredde:
236mm
Højde:
160mm
Forlag:
Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato:
19 maj 2022
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