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The world economy is changing fundamentally and irrevocably in front of our eyes. There is no disputing the fact. Yet the evolution of economics as a science does not match the sea of change we observe in the real world.
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Chichilnisky, G., Rezai, A. (2016). The Economics of the Global Environment—Catastrophic Risks in Theory and Practice. In: Chichilnisky, G., Rezai, A. (eds) The Economics of the Global Environment. Studies in Economic Theory, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31943-8_1
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