Science and the Economic Crisis
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-29527-5 (ISBN)
This book not only explores the ways in which theeconomic crisis and associated austerity policies have adversely impacted thephysical and human infrastructure and conduct of scientific research, but alsoconsiders how science can help us to understand the crisis and provide originalsolutions. Starting with a detailed but accessible analysis of the scientificmethod and the nature of scientific prediction, the book proceeds to addressthe failure to forecast the economic crisis and the origins of the continuinginertia in economic policy and theory. Attention is drawn in particular to theshortcomings of neoclassical economics in terms of its description of theeconomic system as being mechanical in nature andcharacterized by equilibrium.This perspective mirrors the limitations and outdated ideas of nineteenthcentury physics, which the book contrasts with the insights offered by modernphysics. The impact of neoliberal ideologies on scientific research is alsodiscussed in detail, highlighting their stifling effect on innovation anddiversification. In closing, the book emphasizes the need for stateintervention to guide and support scientific research as the core engine ofeconomic development that will deliver a sustainable future.
Francesco Sylos Labini is a theoretical physicist who obtained his PhD from the University of Bologna and worked for eight years in Switzerland and France before becoming a staff researcher at the Enrico Fermi Center in 2010. He currently works at the Institute for Complex Systems of the Italian National Research Council in Rome. Dr. Labini is specialized in cosmology, astrophysics, and complex systems and his research activity includes subjects that are at the interface between complex systems, cosmology, and gravitational dynamics. Besides physics he is interested in science policy and epistemology. Dr. Labini has published almost one hundred scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is also the co-author of I ricercatori non crescono sugli alberi (Laterza, 2010) and has a blog on the website of the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano. He is current president of the association Roars.it (Roars: Return on Academic Research).
Chapter I: Forecast.- Chapter II: Crisis.- Chapter III: Risk.- Chapter IV: Perspectives.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.03.2016 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XV, 171 p. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| Schlagworte | Competition in research • Complex Systems in economic crisis • Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building • European crisis and science • Forecasts in science • Neoclassical economic theory on the scientific ent • Neoclassical economic theory on the scientific enterprise • Out of equilibrium models • Physics and Astronomy • Popular Science in Economics / Management • Predictions in natural sciences • R & D/Technology Policy • R & D/Technology Policy • Research evaluation • Research policy • Science and scientific policy • Societal Aspects of Physics • Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutiona |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-29527-6 / 3319295276 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-29527-5 / 9783319295275 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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