Frank Ackerman

Worst-Case Economics

Extreme Events in Climate and Finance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In both climate change and financial crises, worst-case scenarios and disastrous risks are inescapable. Yet public policy often focuses on average or likely outcomes, minimizing the danger of extreme events. 'Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance' explores the underlying causes and the remedies needed for the most serious climate and financial risks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 303g
• ISBN-13: 9781783087136
• ISBN-10: 1783087137
• Artikelnr.: 54017687

Autorenporträt

Frank Ackerman is an economist whose extensive research and writing focus on climate change and energy, environmental policy and cost-benefit analysis.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
1. Introduction
2. Steam-engine economics
3. Beyond homo economicus
4. Big and dirty
5. Pictures of improbability
6. Trillions, or only hundreds?
7. Zipf's law and other stories
8. Ants and traders
9. Too big to ignore
10. Climate tipping points and known unknowns
11. Predators and prey
12. Good enough for government work
13. Fat tails and the failure of forecasting
14. Misunderstanding risk
15. Choices beyond calculation
16. Who won World War II?
17. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index.