Frank Ackerman

Worst-Case Economics (eBook, ePUB)

Extreme Events in Climate and Finance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Worst-case scenarios are all too real, and all too common. The financial crisis of 2008 was not the first or the last to destroy jobs, homeownership and the savings of millions of people. Hurricanes clobber communities from New York to Bangladesh. How bad will the next catastrophe be, and how soon will it happen?

Climate and financial crises are serious events, requiring vigorous responses. Yet public policy is trapped in an obsolete framework, with a simplistic focus on average or likely outcomes rather than dangerous extremes. What would it take to create better analyses of extreme events in climate and finance, and an appropriate policy framework for worst-case risks? 'Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance' offers accessible and surprising answers to these crucial questions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783087099
• Artikelnr.: 49476409

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.