LEADER 03169nam 22005415 450 001 9910988386103321 005 20250322115431.0 010 $a3-031-84185-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-84185-9 035 $a(CKB)38111359100041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-84185-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31973473 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31973473 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938111359100041 100 $a20250322d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Political Economy of Contemporary Human Civilisation, Volume II $eFrom Quantum Computing and Nuclear Fusion to War and Conflict /$fby Sangaralingam Ramesh 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 330 p. 10 illus.) 311 08$a3-031-84184-0 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum Computing and Nuclear Fusion -- 3. Biotechnology -- 4. Cryptocurrencies -- 5. Space Exploration and Space Travel -- 6. Renewable Energy Technologies -- 7. War and Conflict -- 8. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book, the second of two volumes, examines the evolution of humanity and development global economic systems to provide insight into the advances and challenges they have created. By placing modern technology and global crises within the context of long-term human development, it evaluates the threat of climate change on future generations by showing how past civilizations have survived and succumbed to climate events. The potential for artificial intelligence, quantum computing, nuclear fusion, and biotechnology to combat the current global challenges is explored, alongside possibilities of new technologies exacerbating poverty, inequality, and social division. This book highlights the consequences of human cognition and the constant desire for economic growth and evaluates whether they have been a net positive for human society. It will be of interest to students and researchers working on political economy and global challenges. Sangaralingam Ramesh is a Departmental Tutor in Economics at the Department of Continuing Education, University of Oxford, and a Lecturer (Teaching) in Economics at University College London, UK. 606 $aEconomics 606 $aTechnological innovations 606 $aEnvironmental economics 606 $aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems 606 $aEconomics of Innovation 606 $aEnvironmental Economics 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aTechnological innovations. 615 0$aEnvironmental economics. 615 14$aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. 615 24$aEconomics of Innovation. 615 24$aEnvironmental Economics. 676 $a338.9 700 $aRamesh$b Sangaralingam$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0868705 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910988386103321 996 $aThe Political Economy of Contemporary Human Civilisation, Volume II$94349598 997 $aUNINA