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The Digital and the Real World
Computational Foundations of Mathematics, Science, Technology, and Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
In the 21st century, digitalization is a global challenge of mankind. Even for the public, it is obvious that our world is increasingly dominated by powerful algorithms and big data. But, how computable is our world? Some people believe that successful problem solving in science, technology, and economies...
by Sten Thore, Ruzanna Tarverdyan
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
How do you gauge the accomplishments of policy and its failures? While a number of nations are successful in optimizing a socio-economic welfare function, others are woefully falling short of the optimal frontier. Diagnostics for a Globalized World proposes a reformulation of the inherited theory...
by Khee Giap Tan, Kong Yam Tan, Randong Yuan;Le Phuong Anh Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
There has been broad-base growth in wealth for cities all over the world, albeit increasingly unequal within and across cities. Some cities tend to grow faster than others, especially those emerging cities in Asia. We tend to observe longer periods of economic expansions compared to downturns with...
by Ralph Pettman
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
This unique work looks at the relationship between psychopathology and world politics. What happens when the brain/mind ceases to function properly? How does this impinge on world affairs? What is to be done, for example, when a leader ceases to act in a seemingly sane fashion and yet still commands...
World Scientific Reference on Asia and the World Economy
(In 3 Volumes)Volume 1: Sustainability of Growth: The Role of Economic, Technological and Environmental FactorsVolume 2: India and China: Comparative Experience and ProspectsVolume 3: Actions on Climate Change by Asian Countries
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
The dynamism in modern Asia, especially with the current revival in Japan, stands in sharp contrast to the situation in Europe. An in-depth understanding of what is happening in contemporary Asia is key to grasping opportunities that this dynamism creates for all. This multi-volume reference work...
by Mark Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
The papers brought together in this volume represent a decade of advances in the historical political economy of defence, dictatorship, and warfare. They address defining events and institutions of the world in the twentieth century: economic consequences of repression and violence, the outcomes of...
Applied Trade Policy Modeling in 16 Countries
Insights and Impacts from World Bank CGE Based Projects
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
This book focuses on the World Bank projects, led by the author, based on computable general equilibrium models of international trade policy. The chapters show an unusual combination of policy relevance, advice and impact, with academic rigor and international trade theory insights. The author discusses...
by Daniel Schaffer
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Science in the developing world has experienced historic change over the past 30 years. Nations that lacked resources for even basic science have since developed world-class research centres. Men and women who previously had no chance of pursuing scientific careers in their own countries now thrive...
The World Economy after the Global Crisis
A New Economic Order for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
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The global credit crisis of 2008–2009 was the most serious shock to the world economy in fully 80 years. It was for the world as a whole what the Asian crisis of 1997–1998 was for emerging markets: a profoundly alarming wake-up call. By laying bare the fragility of...
China's Change
The Greatest Show on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
China's Change injects timely, original ideas into the world's most important, if confused, debate over how to manage the twin challenges of anaemic economic growth and accelerating global disruption. Change is the cry from the US to Europe, Asia to Australasia. The snag is the West has no playbook...
by Martinus J G Veltman
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of quantum mechanics and relativity paves the way for...
The Tao of Innovation
Nine Questions Every Innovator Must Answer
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Tao of Innovation is the first book to blend Eastern philosophy with tried-and-true innovation strategies. It presents a holistic, intuitive and practical approach to developing game-changing innovation.
Having over 30 years of real-world global corporate, entrepreneurial, and consulting...
Struggling with Success
Challenges Facing the International Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Globalization, by which is meant the increasing economic interdependence among nations, has been a critical ingredient in enabling enormous improvement in mankind's condition. While progress has not always been smooth, and has not come without dislocation for some, the economic policy challenge has...
Malaysia@50
Economic Development, Distribution, Disparities
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Malaysia has grown and changed a great deal since it was formed on 16 September 1963. It was then seen as an unlikely nation hastily put together as a federation of British controlled territories in the region. Brunei's refusal to join at the eleventh hour and Singapore's secession before its second...