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- Twenty-first century approaches to ancient problems: Climate and society
- Rethinking the 21st century economy
- Rethinking Infrastructure in an Era of Unprecedented Weather Events
This precious volume offers insights on both fronts, with contributions from many of the nation's leading authorities on risk and disaster. It is a must-read for scholars and policymakers alike. Hurricane Katrina not only devastated a large area of the nation's Gulf coast, it also raised fundamental questions about ways the nation can, and should, deal with the inevitable problems of economic risk and social responsibility.
This volume gathers leading experts to examine lessons that Hurricane Katrina teaches us about better assessing, perceiving, and managing risks from future disasters.
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In the years ahead we will inevitably face more problems like those caused by Katrina, from fire, earthquake, or even a flu pandemic. America remains in the cross hairs of terrorists, while policy makers continue to grapple with important environmental and health risks.
Each of these scenarios might, in itself, be relatively unlikely to occur. Modern data science, for example, is becoming so advanced that algorithms driven by existing consumer data could soon take over the task of making efficient buying decisions.
Twenty-first century approaches to ancient problems: Climate and society
The question, then, will be whether the market or a state armed with algorithmic knowledge would be better at providing certain goods and services. Data are influencing our economic consciousness in other ways, too. For one thing, consumers are starting to realize the extent to which digital services profit from their personal information.
Data are also the wellspring for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and similar technologies, which will have an ever-greater economic impact. Thus, we may be approaching an inflection point where consumers start demanding payment for their data. Big data will also disrupt much of the financial sector. As we move closer to an ecosystem of near-perfect information, the tools for accurately pricing risk will become increasingly powerful.
Of course, wellbeing itself is hard to measure, so one could argue that it is better to approach the issue from the other direction, by identifying the factors that make us less well. That is the idea behind the annual Bloomberg Misery Index, which measures inflation and unemployment, on the assumption that both generate economic costs for societies. Now, GNP — along with gross domestic product, or GDP — is regarded as the de facto indicator of national welfare around the world. Even if GDP were a good predictor of success in those categories, it still does not capture the intangible value being created in the digital economy.
At the end of the day, the main challenge confronting governments is the same as in earlier eras: But governments will not achieve their goals by using outdated tools. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Product details File Size: September 7, Sold by: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video.
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Rethinking the 21st century economy
Please try again later. The book "reTHINK" should be read by everyone involved in or interested in policy whether they be in the local, regional, national or international arena because it will improve the reader's thinking process. Dr Louria discusses a series of societal problems ranging from local drug abuse among adolescents to world population. In discussing each problem he takes the reader through two analytical thought processes that he calls "linear" and "systems" thinking. As one whose career has focused upon policy, he has been able, at close hand, to observe success and failure of these modes of thinking.
The book starts off by using Iraq as the example.
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Linear thinking by US leaders went from an easy invasion victory in Iraq to a democratic Iraq to a reformed Middle East. This led these leaders of the US to decide on war. System thinking, where all the influences were considered and diagrammed, would have made the leaders far more aware of the complexity and the improbability of easy success. This awareness would have undoubtedly have saved us from the war.
After each chapter there is a wonderful bibliography that will allow any reader to expand their knowledge of a particular subject area or to learn more about the process of system thinking. You will be glad you did. One person found this helpful. This book was cited in the editorial "A call to action: