LEADER 03571nam 2200661 450 001 9910820752203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-55339-335-X 010 $a1-55339-507-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781553395072 035 $a(CKB)3710000000647844 035 $a(EBL)4512173 035 $a(OOCEL)451310 035 $a(OCoLC)951830074 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00236693 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4512173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11204345 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL916274 035 $a(OCoLC)905599385 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/htw3hv 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4512173 035 $a(DE-B1597)656714 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781553395072 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000647844 100 $a20160514h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aNavigating on the Titanic $eeconomic growth, energy, and the failure of governance /$fBryne Purchase 210 1$aMontreal, [Quebec?bec] :$cSchool of Policy Studies, Queen's University :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 225 1 $aQueen's Policy Studies Series 311 $a1-55339-330-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aChapter 1: The Brief History of Economic Growth -- Chapter 2: Energy Matters: Energy Price Shocks and the Global Economic Transformation -- Chapter 3: Global Energy Mega-Risks: Resource Depletion, Geopolitical Security, and Climate Change -- Chapter 4: Why Private Organizations and Markets Fail -- Chapter 5: Can Our Governments Act Pre-emptively? -- Chapter 6: Can Our Governments Forestall Climate Change? -- Chapter 7: Looking Forward. 330 $aNavigating the Titanic outlines the brief history of economic growth and the private and public institutions - markets, corporations, households, and governments - which underpin that growth. Bryne Purchase examines mega-risks related to our economy's use of fossil fuels and specifically looks at resource depletion, energy security, and climate change - all "mega-risks" because they are both global in scope and potentially existential in impact. Focusing on North America, with a particular emphasis on the United States, Purchase's central argument is that the institutions which have produced spectacular economic growth are not capable of acting with prudence to deal with these mega-risks before they become a real danger. He identifies certain institutional design flaws that, while underwriting economic growth, leave society open to potentially catastrophic failure and reveals how these design flaws have been compounded by the stresses of the growing income inequality in society. 410 0$aQueen's policy studies. 606 $aEconomic development$zUnited States 606 $aEconomic development$zCanada 606 $aPower resources$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPower resources$xEnvironmental aspects$zCanada 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aPower resources$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aPower resources$xEnvironmental aspects 676 $a330.973 700 $aPurchase$b Bryne$01637364 712 02$aQueen's University (Kingston, Ont.).$bSchool of Policy Studies, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820752203321 996 $aNavigating on the Titanic$93979174 997 $aUNINA