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UNINA9910148891803321 |
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Bourne Sam |
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Chosen One |
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Number One bestseller Sam Bourne, author of The Righteous Men, delivers this page-turning political conspiracy thriller that goes right to the heart of the US establishment.Bruised by years of disappointments, political advisor Maggie Costello is finally working for a leader she can believe in. She, along with the rest of America, has put her trust in President Stephen Baker, believing he can make the world a better place.But suddenly an enemy surfaces: a man called Vic Forbes reveals first one scandal about the new president, and then another. He threatens a third revelation - one that will destroy Baker entirely.When Forbes is found dead, Maggie is thrown into turmoil. Could the leader she idolizes have been behind Forbes's murder? Has she been duped by his message of change and hope? Who is the real Stephen Baker?On the trail of the truth, Maggie is led into the roots of a massive conspiracy that reaches back into history - and goes right to the heart of the US establishment... |
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UNINA9910793104803321 |
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Beyond disruption : technology's challenge to governance / / George P. Shultz, Jim Hoagland, and James Timbie, editors |
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Stanford, Ca : , : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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0-8179-2146-X |
0-8179-2148-6 |
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1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) |
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Technological innovations - Moral and ethical aspects |
Technological innovations - Law and legislation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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; Preface / George P. Shultz -- ; Introduction / Jim Hoagland -- Technological change and the workplace / James Timbie -- Technological change and the fourth industrial revolution / T. X. Hammes -- Governance and security through stability / Raymond Jeanloz and Christopher Stubbs -- Governance in defense of the global operating system / James O. Ellis, Jr. -- Technological change and global biological disequilibrium / Lucy Shapiro and Harley McAdams -- Reflections on disruption / John B. Taylor -- Governance and order in a networked world / Niall Ferguson -- Governance from a contemporary European perspective / William Drozdiak -- Reflections on disruption / Nicole Perlroth -- Governance and the American presidency / David M. Kennedy -- Technological change and language / Charles Hill -- ; Afterword / James Timbie. |
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In Beyond Disruption: Technology's Challenge to Governance, experts from academia, media, government, and the military wrestle with understanding the nature of these technologies' threats to our societies and their great potential for our economies. In a series of vivid analyses and colorful commentary from a conference as Stanford University's Hoover Institution, the authors expand upon their first-hand interpretations of what's at stake for the global operating system in the |
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midst of turbulent change. In the dynamic game of world order, it's a primer for decision makers on where the puck is headed. |
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