Book Reviews

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-233
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Political Resistance ◽  
University Of Oslo ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
The University ◽  
Better Than

Jan Fagerberg of the University of Oslo reviews “The Politics of Innovation: Why Some Countries Are Better Than Others at Science and Technology,” by Mark Zachary Taylor. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Examines the varying levels of success among nations in supporting successful innovation in science and technology and explores methods the United States could use to prevent or postpone its fall into technological stagnation and scientific irrelevance by attempting to solve the mystery behind Cardwell's Law. Introduces a new theory of “creative insecurity.” Discusses the puzzle of Cardwell's Law--why some countries are better than others at science and technology; measuring the black box--working definitions and boundaries, and measuring innovation and data; Cardwell's Law in action; whether technology needs government--the five pillars of innovation; why nations fail--capitalism, democracy, and decentralization; how nations succeed--networks, clusters, and standards; technological losers and political resistance to innovation; creative insecurity--Mancur Olson's nemesis; critical cases of creative insecurity; and creative insecurity and its implications.”

"Neoclassicism," Proportionality, and the Rationale for Punishment: Thoughts on the Scandinavian Debate

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew von Hirsch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Criminal Sanction ◽  
University Of Oslo ◽  
Criminal Conduct ◽  
The University ◽  
Scandinavian Literature

The idea of sentences proportionate to the gravity of the criminal conduct has been generating interest in the Scandinavian countries, as well as in the United States. This article, based on a lecture given by the author at the University of Oslo, explores Scandinavian ideas of "neoclassicism" in sentencing. Drawing on the Scandinavian literature, the author examines the conceptual basis for the idea of proportionate (deserved) sentences, and explores the justification for the existence of the criminal sanction.

Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1051-1053
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Industrial Economics ◽  
Law And Technology ◽  
Economic Perspectives ◽  
The University

Joacim Tag of Research Institute of Industrial Economics reviews “Antitrust and Regulation in the EU and US: Legal and Economic Perspectives” by Francois Leveque, Howard Shelanski, Francois Leveque, Howard Shelanski,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Seven papers, originally presented at the “Balancing Antitrust and Regulation in Network Industries: Evolving Approaches in Europe and the United States” conference jointly organized by CERNA and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and held in Paris in January 2006, address various aspects of the evolving balance between antitrust and regulation in the European Union and the United States. Papers discuss synthetic competition (Douglas H. Ginsburg); European competition policy and regulation--differences, overlap, and contraints (John Temple Lang); contrasting legal solutions and the comparability of EU and U.S. experiences (Pierre Larouche); modeling an antitrust regulator for telecoms (James B. Speta); rethinking merger remedies--toward a harmonization of regulatory oversight with antitrust merger review (Philip J. Weiser); market power in U.S. and EU electricity generation (Richard Gilbert and David Newbery); and mobile call termination--a tale of two-sided markets (Tommaso Valletti). Leveque is Professor of Law and Economics at Ecole des mines de Paris. Shelanski is Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Index.”

Book Reviews

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1594-1596
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Foreign Exchange Intervention ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
The University ◽  
Economics And Politics

Kathryn M. E. Dominguez of the University of Michigan reviews “Currency Conflict and Trade Policy: A New Strategy for the United States,” by C. Fred Bergsten and Joseph E. Gagnon. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Analyzes the economics and politics of currency manipulation, globally and with respect to the key individual countries that engage in repeated intervention or feel its effects, and demonstrates empirically the strong connection between official foreign-exchange intervention and trade imbalances.”

scholarly journals The Self and the Institution

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit Hertzberg Kaare
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Self ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
First Person ◽  
Personal Story ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
University Of Oslo ◽  
The University

Abstract Media researchers have not been much preoccupied with a genre named Digital Storytelling. Since its origin in the early 90s, it has spread from California to the rest of the United States and has been evolving for several years now as a media practice around the globe. I therefore want to draw more attention to digital storytelling, here understood as a specific genre developed at the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in California and defined as a short, first-person video narrative that combines voice recordings, still and moving images, and music or other sounds (www.storycenter.org). Such storytelling is regarded as both a movement and a method; and it is in its idea a short personal story, about the self. In the subtitle of his book Digital Storytelling, the leader of the center, Joe Lambert, highlights that this type of narratives are Creating Community through Capturing Lives of individuals (Lambert 2009). This genre is embedded in a democratic and empowering ideology. Along these lines, the main concern of this article is to discuss whether a change can be observed in the digital storytelling genre from an individualistic perspective to a more collective perspective - a shift from narrating selves to narrating communities. In examining this question, this work draws upon 45 films produced by bachelor students at the University of Oslo in 2010 and 2011.

Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-172
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Brute Force ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Control Drug ◽  
The University

John J. Donohue of Yale University reviews “When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment” by Mark A. R. Kleiman,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Considers a consequence-focused approach to crime control in the United States and whether it would work better than the current brute force-based method. Discusses how the United States moved from low-crime, low-punishment to higher crime and punishment rates in the last fifty years; thinking about crime control; hope; tipping, dynamic concentration, and the logic of deterrence; crime despite punishment; designing enforcement strategies; crime control without punishment; guns and gun control; drug policy for crime control; what could go wrong; and an agenda for crime control. Kleiman is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Bibliography; index.”

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1264-1265
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
International Monetary System ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
Exorbitant Privilege ◽  
The University ◽  
The U.S

Alberto Giovannini of Unifortune Asset Management reviews “Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System” by Barry Eichengreen. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Explores the rise of the U.S. dollar to international prominence over the course of the twentieth century and considers what actions the United States can take to prevent it from losing its dominance. Discusses debut; dominance; rivalry; crisis; monopoly no more; and the dollar crash. Eichengreen is Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Index.”

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