Worst-Case ScenariosHarvard University Press, 2009 M05 15 - 352 pages Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? |
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... climate change , Sunstein describes Our susceptibility to two opposite reactions : panic and utter neglect . He shows how private individuals and public officials might best respond to low- probability risks of disaster - emphasizing ...
... climate change , calling for massive changes in energy policy , creates a significant chance of imposing serious hardships on many nations , including not just the United States but India and China as well . Perhaps those hardships ...
... climate change , where people in poor regions , above all India and Africa , are most vulnerable . But the distributional question bears on many other potential disasters as well , such as AIDS and avian flu . We also need to separate ...
... climate change . With respect to terrorism , American reactions are greatly heightened by three identifiable mechanisms : availability , probabil- ity neglect , and outrage . With respect to climate change , American reactions are ...
... climate change . The United States and China have a lot to gain from the emission of greenhouse gases , and dispropor- tionately little to fear from climate change . Taken together , chapters 1 and 2 offer concrete lessons about how a ...