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- Introduction
- What is catastrophe?
- The organization of this book
- Some useful disctinctions
- 1. What are the catastrohpic risks, and how catastrophic are they?
- Natural catastrophes
- Scientific accidents
- Other unintended man-made catastrophes
- Intentional catastrophes
- Catastrophic synergies and lesser-included catastrophes
- 2. Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks
- Cultural factors
- Psychological factors
- Economic factors
- 3. How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them
- The difference cost-benefit analysis can make: the case of RHIC
- A modest version of the precautionary principle
- Discounting to present value
- Taxes, subsidies, and options: the case of global warming
- Valuing human lives
- Risk versus uncertainty
- Coping with uncertainty
- Politics, expertise, and neutrality: RHIC revisited
- Summary
- 4. How to reduce the catastrophic risks
- Institutional reforms
- Fiscal tools: a recap
- Some hypothetical regulatory policies
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195306477 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195306473 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Posner, Richard A. |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard A. Posner |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.11.2005 |
| Gewicht: | 0,547 kg |
- Introduction
- What is catastrophe?
- The organization of this book
- Some useful disctinctions
- 1. What are the catastrohpic risks, and how catastrophic are they?
- Natural catastrophes
- Scientific accidents
- Other unintended man-made catastrophes
- Intentional catastrophes
- Catastrophic synergies and lesser-included catastrophes
- 2. Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks
- Cultural factors
- Psychological factors
- Economic factors
- 3. How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them
- The difference cost-benefit analysis can make: the case of RHIC
- A modest version of the precautionary principle
- Discounting to present value
- Taxes, subsidies, and options: the case of global warming
- Valuing human lives
- Risk versus uncertainty
- Coping with uncertainty
- Politics, expertise, and neutrality: RHIC revisited
- Summary
- 4. How to reduce the catastrophic risks
- Institutional reforms
- Fiscal tools: a recap
- Some hypothetical regulatory policies
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780195306477 |
| ISBN-10: | 0195306473 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Posner, Richard A. |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard A. Posner |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.11.2005 |
| Gewicht: | 0,547 kg |
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