Description
Disasters are inherently difficult to predict. There is no historical cycle that helps us foresee the next pandemics, earthquakes, fires, financial crises, or wars. However, when disaster strikes, we should be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted, or the medieval Italians when the Black Death hit. After all, we have science on our side. Yet, in 2020, the response of many developed countries to the new virus from China was poorly managed. Why? Why did only a few Asian countries learn from SARS and MERS? The author argues that the pandemic revealed deeper pathologies - pathologies that were already evident in our responses to earlier disasters. The book draws from many fields, including economics, cliodynamics, and network science, and offers not only history but also a general theory of disasters, showing why our increasingly bureaucratic and complex systems are struggling to cope with them.
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Author: Ferguson Niall
Publication date: May 6, 2025
Manufacturer: Argo, spol. s r.o.
Genres: Civilization and the modern world, Books, Specialized and technical literature, Social sciences, Society and politics
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 456
ISBN/EAN: 9788025746363