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

"Global hyperconnectivity and increased system integration have led to vast benefits, including worldwide growth in incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of local events now cascade over national borders and t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Goldin, Ian, 1955-
Otros Autores: Mariathasan, Mike, 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Boxes, Illustrations, and Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Globalization and Risk in the Twenty-First Century
  • Globalization and Integration
  • Global Connectivity and Complex Systems
  • Globalization and the Changing Nature of Risk
  • Globalization: A Double-Edged Sword
  • The Way Forward
  • 2 The Financial Sector with Co-Pierre Georg and Tiffany Vogel
  • The Financial Crisis of 2007/2008
  • Financial Globalization in the Twenty-First Century
  • Complexity and Systemic Risk
  • Global Financial Governance
  • Lessons for the Financial Sector
  • 3 Supply Chain Risks
  • Global Supply Chains
  • Supply Chain Risk
  • From Management of Risk to Risk Management
  • Lessons for Supply Chain Management
  • 4 Infrastructure Risks
  • Transportation
  • Energy
  • The Internet
  • Lessons for Global Infrastructure
  • 5 Ecological Risks
  • The Nature of Environmental Risk
  • Risks from the Environment
  • Risks to the Environment
  • Can Globalization Be Good for the Environment?
  • The Export of Pollution
  • Lessons for Managing Environmental Risk
  • 6 Pandemics and Health Risks
  • Pandemic Risk
  • Globalization and Health Risks
  • Case Studies
  • Noninfectious Diseases
  • Global Cooperation and Disease Control
  • Lessons from Pandemic Management
  • 7 Inequality and Social Risks
  • Global Integration and Inequality
  • The Channels of Inequality
  • The Risks of Inequality
  • Lessons for Challenging Global Inequalities
  • 8 Managing Systemic Risk
  • Moving Forward, Not Backward
  • Confronting a New Challenge?
  • The Need to Reform Global Governance
  • Why Reform Has Been So Sluggish
  • Lessons for Global Policy Reform
  • Managing Systemic Risk
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.