The Butterfly Defect : How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, and What to Do about It /

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The Butterfly Defect addresses the widening gap between the new systemic risks generated by globalization and their effective management. It shows how the dynamics of turbo-charged globalization has the potential and power to destabilize our societies. Drawing on the latest insights from a wide vari...

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Autores principales: Goldin, Ian (Autor), Mariathasan, Mike (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
Crisis management.
Globalization.
Risk management.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization.
Contagion.
Glass-Steagall Act.
H5N1.
HIV/AIDS.
Hurricane Sandy.
Katrina.
SARS.
Spanish flu.
West Nile Virus.
air transportation connectivity.
bird flu.
blackouts.
butterfly effect.
cascades.
cholera.
climate change.
computer viruses.
cyber attacks.
disease control.
earthquakes.
ecological risks.
economic crises.
economic meltdown.
financial crisis.
global catastrophe.
global connectivity.
global infrastructure.
global virus.
globalism.
great recession.
greenhouse gas emissions.
housing bubbles.
hurricanes.
infectious disease.
influenza.
infrastucture.
isolationism.
nationalism.
natural disasters.
network effects.
pandemic management.
pandemic.
protectionism.
quarantines.
recession.
risk management.
super spreaders.
supply bottleneck.
supply chains.
swine flu.
systemic collapse.
systemic shocks.
terrorism.
tsunamis.
volcanic eruptions.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Boxes, Illustrations, and Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Globalization and Risk in the Twenty-First Century
  • 2. The Financial Sector
  • 3. Supply Chain Risks
  • 4. Infrastructure Risks
  • 5. Ecological Risks
  • 6. Pandemics and Health Risks
  • 7. Inequality and Social Risks
  • 8. Managing Systemic Risk
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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