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.
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.

Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance
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Worst-Case Economics: Extreme Events in Climate and Finance
208Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781783087075 |
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Publisher: | Anthem Press |
Publication date: | 10/23/2017 |
Series: | Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d) |