Titre : | Fragile Futures : The Uncertain Economics of Disasters, Pandemics, and Climate Change |
Auteurs : | Vito Tanzi, Auteur |
Type de document : | Ouvrages |
Editeur : | London : Cambridge University Press, 2022 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-00-910012-0 |
Format : | 246 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ENVIRONNEMENT > détérioration de l'environnement > dégradation de l'environnement > désastre naturel [Eurovoc] ENVIRONNEMENT > détérioration de l'environnement > dégradation de l'environnement > zone sinistrée [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > santé > maladie > épidémie [Eurovoc] QUESTIONS SOCIALES > santé > nutrition > pénurie alimentaire > faim |
Tags : | climate change ; pandemic ; uncertainty ; natural disaster ; global warming |
Résumé : |
4th cover on publisher's website:
"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." |
Note de contenu : |
Part I. Uncertain Future Events and Reactions to Them:
1. Introduction 2. Risky versus uncertain events 3. Taxonomy of disasters 4. Democracy, capitalism and random events Part II. A Survey of Past Pandemics and Other Disasters: 5. Uncertain future events and policies 6. Pandemics, famines and climate change 7. Major natural disasters 8. Atomic disasters 9. Industrial disasters 10. Economic principles for disasters Part III. Climate Change and Global Warming: 11. When the Earth became man's private property 12. Early concerns about the environment 13. From environmental concerns to climate change Part IV. Back to Some Theoretical Issues: 14. Human needs and economic theory 15. Concluding thoughts. |
En ligne : | https://www.cambridge.org/fr/universitypress/subjects/economics/economic-development-and-growth/fragile-futures-uncertain-economics-disasters-pandemics-and-climate-change?format=HB |
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008777 | WD 458 | Livre | Centre de documentation du CERDI / Ecole d'Economie | Salle de lecture | Disponible |