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The Brexit vote has thrown up issues of the sharp regional disparities that divide the UK. The vote has been seen as a protest by those who felt left behind by globalization and hence a need for government policy to address regional disparities. As a result there has been a re-emergence of...
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Although plutonium has been studied by different disciplines (such as technology and innovation studies, political …-light-water nuclear technology, including so-called 'Generation IV' fast neutron reactor concepts and SMR ('small modular reactors') non … in the US, Japan, Korea, and Europe (IAEA 2018; MIT 2018; Zhang 2020; Murakami 2021). This paper provides a review of …
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pillars of the relationship, i.e. in the fields of trade, economics, science and technology. Second, the agenda should be …
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This paper contributes to the economics of AI by exploring three topics neglected by economists: (i) the notion of a … in a Dark Forest universe; and (iii) the relevance of economics' Mythical Agent (homo economicus) for the design of value …-aligned AI-systems. From the perspective of expected utility maximization, which both the fields of AI and economics share, these …
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In mid-April 2023, the final three nuclear power plants in Germany will be taken offline permanently. At the same time, the energy crisis resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine has fueled calls for the construction of new nuclear reactors in Germany. A similar debate is taking place in...
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In Deutschland gehen die letzten drei Kernkraftwerke Mitte April endgültig vom Netz. Die Energiekrise infolge des russischen Angriffskriegs in der Ukraine hat allerdings auch hierzulande Forderungen nach dem Bau neuer Kernreaktoren angeheizt. Eine ähnliche Debatte wird im Kontext der...
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Anything that can be automated, will be. The "magic" that digital technology has brought us - self-driving cars … been considered ideologically. The Critique of Digital Capitalism identifies how digital technology has captured … capitalism as an ideologically "invisible" framework is realized in technology. Written as a series of articles between 2003 and …
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"A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present is a unique study: the first by a Western …. Drawing from New Institutional Economics, Black offers an historically informed critique of contemporary planning using the … example of Japan's historical institutions, their particular biases, and the power they have exerted over national and local …
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understand how the various informal institutions (shared mental models) have influenced key dimensions of technology strategy … study, in contrast, focuses exclusively on technology policies by examining the White Papers on Science and Technology … (Kagakugijutsu Hakusho) published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). We then endeavour to …
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