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This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetically engineering animals, a powerful technology which has major implications for society. Unlike other books on this emotionally charged subje…
Risking more, losing more : thinking about risk and resilience -- Looking back : the evolution of how we talk about risk -- A different perspective : the social production of risk -- Culture and the production of risk -- Organizations, institutions, and the production of risk --…
"Arbitrage is a trading practice that involves buying the same or similar items where they are priced low, and selling them where they are priced high, to gain a profit simply from the disparity in prices. It is fundamental both to the practice of financial trading and to econom…
"Arbitrage is a trading practice that involves buying the same or similar items where they are priced low, and selling them where they are priced high, to gain a profit simply from the disparity in prices. It is fundamental both to the practice of financial trading and to econom…
Capitalism as capture -- Arbitrage in theory -- Arbitrage IRL -- The Postonian turn : from exploitation to abstract domination -- Money machines -- The emperor's new clothes. "Arbitrage is a trading practice that involves buying the same or similar items where they are priced l…
Arbitrage--the trading practice that involves buying assets in one market at a cheap price and immediately selling them in another market for a profit--is fundamental to the practice of financial trading and economic understandings of how financial markets function. Because trad…
"Arbitrage is a trading practice that involves buying the same or similar items where they are priced low, and selling them where they are priced high, to gain a profit simply from the disparity in prices. It is fundamental both to the practice of financial trading and to econom…
"Carolyn Hardin offers a new way of understanding arbitrage--the trading practice that involves buying assets in one market at a cheap price and immediately selling them in another market for a profit--as a means of showing how its reliance upon taking on risk is fundamental to …
Risks, including health and technological, attract a lot of attention in modern societies, from individuals as well as policy-makers. Human beings have always had to deal with dangers, but contemporary societies conceptualise these dangers as risks, indicating that they are to s…
Regions at Risk provides an introduction to hazards, human vulnerability and disaster, paying particular attention to the more severe or novel risks and disaster that affect the general public. The book is split into two parts, the first of which gives an overview of the field o…
"Online Risk to Children brings together the most up-to-date theory, policy, and best practices for online child protection and abuse prevention. Moves beyond offender assessment and treatment to discuss the impact of online abuse on children themselves, and the risks and vulner…
"Online Risk to Children brings together the most up-to-date theory, policy, and best practices for online child protection and abuse prevention. Moves beyond offender assessment and treatment to discuss the impact of online abuse on children themselves, and the risks and vulner…
