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einer naturartigen Selbstverständlichkeit geronnene, von inneren Widersprüchen getriebene Kapitalismus muss radikal infrage …
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This paper proposes somatic capital as a hitherto neglected variable in the discussion of factors impacting the timing of the Neolithic transition. It develops an evolutionary growth theory that builds on the trade-off between the quantity and the quality of offspring. The theory suggests that...
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instance, is home to between eight and fifteen percent of the world’s fresh water, and its fast-growing economy and population …
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Cyclone SIDR hit the coastal districts of Bangladesh on November 15, 2007 in the evening when it started crossing the country from northern Bay of Bengal with high tidal surges and strong winds of up to 260 km/hr. This study has been undertaken to assess the severity of the damage caused by...
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Climate change provides one of the major communicative challenges for 21st century political leadership. This paper analyses how government communication can contribute to or hinder a communicative approach to the issue and the risks and uncertainties involved. The authors then go on to extend...
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-political-economic system across the industrialized world is neoliberal capitalism that focuses on economic growth and profit maximization …Aim: The major aim of the current essay is to argue that neoliberal capitalism, by virtue of its core tenets, has … the precautionary principle, neoliberal capitalism is uniquely ill-equipped to prepare for potential calamities like …
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The LA Times called the bluff: William D. Nordhaus won the Nobel prize in economics for a climate model that minimized the cost of rising global temperatures and undermined the need for urgent action. Unfortunately, though, the article missed the nugget in the racket.
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