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The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
Buch von Dan Davies
Sprache: Englisch

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LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart

'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling' Financial Times


'The kind of book from which you look up to find the world suddenly more comprehensible. Also, it's about ten times funnier than any book about management has the right to be' Guardian

When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.

Management cybernetics was Beer's science of applying self-regulation in organisational settings, but it was largely ignored - with the result being the political and economic crises that that we see today. With his signature blend of cynicism and journalistic rigour, Davies looks at what's gone wrong, and what might have been, had the world listened to Stafford Beer when it had the chance.

LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart

'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling' Financial Times


'The kind of book from which you look up to find the world suddenly more comprehensible. Also, it's about ten times funnier than any book about management has the right to be' Guardian

When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.

Management cybernetics was Beer's science of applying self-regulation in organisational settings, but it was largely ignored - with the result being the political and economic crises that that we see today. With his signature blend of cynicism and journalistic rigour, Davies looks at what's gone wrong, and what might have been, had the world listened to Stafford Beer when it had the chance.

Über den Autor
Dan Davies is a former regulatory economist at the Bank of England and analyst for a number of investment banks. His career has seen him tackle all manner of financial crookedness, including the LIBOR and FX scandals, the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank and the Swiss Nazi gold scandal. He has written for the Financial Times and the New Yorker among other publications.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 304 S.
ISBN-13: 9781788169547
ISBN-10: 1788169549
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Davies, Dan
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Profile Books
Maße: 237 x 163 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Dan Davies
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2024
Gewicht: 0,502 kg
Artikel-ID: 120522706
Über den Autor
Dan Davies is a former regulatory economist at the Bank of England and analyst for a number of investment banks. His career has seen him tackle all manner of financial crookedness, including the LIBOR and FX scandals, the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank and the Swiss Nazi gold scandal. He has written for the Financial Times and the New Yorker among other publications.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: 304 S.
ISBN-13: 9781788169547
ISBN-10: 1788169549
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Davies, Dan
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Profile Books
Maße: 237 x 163 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Dan Davies
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2024
Gewicht: 0,502 kg
Artikel-ID: 120522706
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