Fragile futures : the uncertain economics of disasters, pandemics, and climate change
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022
Abstract:
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 i ...; [read all]
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| Description | Fragile futures : the uncertain economics of disasters, pandemics, and climate change/ Vito Tanzi. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022. - VI, 239 p. ; 23 cm |
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| Biblio Conf | 0099234 | Biblioteca | LA / 022 / 11 | Available | On loan until: 05/10/2022 | None |