Risk, calculable and incalculable
Cambridge University Press eBooksPublished 9 December 1999
Mitchell Dean
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Abstract
Nothing is a risk in itself; there is no risk in reality. But on the other hand, anything can be a risk; it all depends on how one analyses the danger, considers the event.(Ewald, 1991: 199)
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Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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