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Government and the American Economy: A New History
Valuable perspectives in dealing with our current economic crisis from the University of Chicago Press
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Risk
Introduction
21st century technology advancements are happening with breakneck speed, and new technological discoveries have the potential to pose new, and as-yet-unknown, risks to society. At the same time, modern science provides more advanced risk analysis and better management of those risks. AO resource material provides these valuable perspectives.

Risk Highlights

Understanding Risk

This AO Primer provides understanding of how to understand real risks and detecting unsubstantiated, overblown or minimized claims.

Evaluating Climate Models

A myriad of climate change models and forecasts, and the differing results they produce, present a host of known and unknown challenges.

Bridge Safety

The collapse of the Minneapolis bridge has brought attention to the status of the nation's physical infrastructure. Bridges are a critical part of that infrastructure. AO provides these resources to understand America's bridge systems.

Additional AO Articles on Risk

Risk and Natural Disasters

Risk and Terrorism Resources

Understanding Toxicology

Applying Wisdom to Risk Assessment


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Links to Top Risk Sources

Global Risks 2008, a World Economic Forum report, produced by the Wharton School Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania

“Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials,” National Nanotechnology Initiative, September 2006

2004 Strategic Plan, National Nanotechnology Initiative

“Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Uncertainties,” British Royal Academy of Engineering, Britain’s Royal Society, 2004

“U.S. Government Delays Nanotechnology Safety Measures,” Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Oct. 31, 2007


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