10.0 - Sustainability

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Endogenous growth theory
Endogenous growth theory
Endogenous growth theory holds that economic growth is primarily the result of endogenous and not external forces. Endogenous growth theory holds that investment in human capital, innovation, and knowledge are significant contributors to economic growth. The theory also focuses on positive externalities and spillover effects of a knowledge-based economy which will lead to economic development. The endogenous growth theory primarily holds that the long run growth rate of an economy depends on policy measures. For example, subsidies for research and development or education increase the growt...
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Endogenous growth theory
Left-wing market anarchism
Left-wing market anarchism
Left-wing market anarchism[1][2] is a strand of free-market anarchism and an individualist anarchist,[3] left-libertarian[2][4] and libertarian socialist[5][6] political philosophy and economic theory associated with contemporary scholars such as Kevin Carson,[7][8] Gary Chartier,[9] Charles W. Johnson,[10] Roderick T. Long,[11][12] Chris Matthew Sciabarra,[13] Sheldon Richman[4][14][15] and Brad Spangler,[16] who stress the value of radically free ...
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Left-wing market anarchism
Judicial dissolution
Judicial dissolution
Judicial dissolution, sometimes called the "corporate death penalty", is a legal procedure in which a corporation is forced to dissolve or cease to exist.
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Judicial dissolution
Can Economics Help Us Save the Planet? Part 1 | Economics for People with Ha-Joon Chang
Can Economics Help Us Save the Planet? Part 1 | Economics for People with Ha-Joon Chang
Climate change poses an existential threat to humanity. Can mainstream economics save the planet, or do we need a new paradigm altogether? In this fifth lecture in INET’s “Economics For People” series, Ha-Joon Chang looks at the role of economics in stopping climate change. About “Economics for People”: “It is extremely important for our democracy to function that ordinary citizens understand the key issues and basic theories of economics.” – Ha-Joon Chang Economics has long been the domain of the ivory tower, where specialized language and opaque theorems make it inaccessible to most peopl...
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Can Economics Help Us Save the Planet? Part 1 | Economics for People with Ha-Joon Chang
Communication
Communication
Communication (from Latin communicare, meaning "to share")[1] is the act of conveying meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs, symbols, and semiotic rules.
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Communication
Procedural knowledge
Procedural knowledge
Procedural knowledge, also known as imperative knowledge, is the knowledge exercised in the performance of some task. See below for the specific meaning of this term in cognitive psychology and intellectual property law.
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Procedural knowledge
Policy
Policy
A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organization. Policies can assist in both subjective and objective decision making. Policies to assist in subjective decision making usually assist senior management with decisions that must be based on the relative merits of a number of factors, and as a result are often hard to test objectively, e.g. work-life balance policy. In contrast policies to ass...
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Policy
Wicked problem
Wicked problem
In planning and policy, a wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize. It refers to an idea or problem that cannot be fixed, where there is no single solution to the problem; and "wicked" denotes resistance to resolution, rather than evil.[1] Another definition is "a problem whose social complexity means that it has no determinable stopping point".[2] Moreover, because of complex interdependencies, the effort to solve one aspect of a wicked problem m...
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Wicked problem
Outline of computer science
Outline of computer science
Computer science (also called computing science) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. One well known subject classification system for computer science is the ACM Computing Classification System devised by the Association for Computing Machinery.
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Outline of computer science