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UNINA9910461141703321 |
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Autore |
Jasanoff Sheila |
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Titolo |
Designs on nature [[electronic resource] ] : science and democracy in Europe and the United States / / Sheila Jasanoff |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2005 |
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1-283-13337-7 |
9786613133373 |
1-4008-3731-6 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (391 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Democracy and science - Europe |
Democracy and science - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Fourth printing, and first paperback printing, 2007." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Why compare? -- Controlling narratives -- A question of Europe -- Unsettled settlements -- Food for thought -- Natural mothers and other kinds -- Ethical sense and sensibility -- Making something of life -- The new social contract -- Civic epistemology -- Republics of science. |
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Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important, are the rifts that have appeared among leading Western nations about the right way to govern innovation in genetics and biotechnology. These significant differences in law and policy, and in ethical analysis, may in a globalizing world act as obstacles to free trade, scientific inquiry, and shared understandings of human dignity. In this magisterial look at some twenty-five years of scientific and social development, Sheila Jasanoff compares the politics and policy of the life sciences in Britain, Germany, the United States, and in the European Union as a whole. She shows how public and private actors in each setting evaluated new manifestations of biotechnology and tried |
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to reassure themselves about their safety. Three main themes emerge. First, core concepts of democratic theory, such as citizenship, deliberation, and accountability, cannot be understood satisfactorily without taking on board the politics of science and technology. Second, in all three countries, policies for the life sciences have been incorporated into "nation-building" projects that seek to reimagine what the nation stands for. Third, political culture influences democratic politics, and it works through the institutionalized ways in which citizens understand and evaluate public knowledge. These three aspects of contemporary politics, Jasanoff argues, help account not only for policy divergences but also for the perceived legitimacy of state actions. |
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UNINA9910760281303321 |
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Autore |
Schianchi Augusto |
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The Economics of Cryptocurrencies and Digital Money : A Monetary Framework with a Game Theory Approach / / by Augusto Schianchi, Andrea Mantovi |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (178 pages) |
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Collana |
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Palgrave Studies in Financial Services Technology, , 2662-5091 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Financial engineering |
Technological innovations |
Macroeconomics |
Financial Technology and Innovation |
Economics of Innovation |
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Blockchain, decentralized |
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consensus and trust -- Chapter 3. The basic mining game. -- Chapter 4. Higher level models -- Chapter 5. The future monetary system -- Chapter 6. Regulation -- Chapter 7. Conclusions. |
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Cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and central bank digital currency open uncharted territory for the nascent economics of new digital money. This Pivot addresses the foundations of the monetary problem raised by Bitcoin and followers, starting with the game theory of Proof-of-Work as rent-seeking contest and a lively account of the different ways of trust that blockchain solutions and monetary institutions are meant to face. In so doing, the authors introduce the relevance of safe assets under the light of the principle of “no questions asked” that characterizes the monetary problem of the 2020s. Principles for regulation emerge in the perspective in which private issuers of digital coins are essentially issuers of demand deposits, and therefore bank-like entities. The potential role of central bank digital currency in the future monetary system is thoroughly discussed. Students and researchers in economics and finance, professionals and sophisticated readers may consider this book an essential guide to the challenging new dimensions of digital money. Augusto Schianchi (M.Phil, Oxon) was a full professor of political economy at the University of Parma, Italy. He has been the author of various monographs in applied game theory and political economy (critical explorations in the theory of the current democracy, between populism and new rights) and has contributed original papers in portfolio theory (with spin glasses applications) and Hicksian modelling of capital and time. Andrea Mantovi (PhD in Physics) was teaching economic courses and has been speaker at several international conferences. He has published research articles in leading journals such as the Journal of Economics and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. Among his major research interests are the mathematical foundations of microeconomics, the explicit solutions of general equilibrium pureexchange, and the frontiers of monetary economics. |
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