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Failure

by Arjun Appadurai, Neta Alexander

Bank failuresFailure (psychology)Technological innovationsSocial aspects
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"Failure explores the deeply troubling paradox by which the more technological and financial systems fail us, the more dependent on them we become. The authors propose a theory of habitual failure by exploring crisis and divides - yet failure is not a self-evident quality. It requires a new understanding of why it is so quickly forgotten"--

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Bank failuresFailure (psychology)Technological innovationsSocial aspects

Authors

Arjun Appadurai, Neta Alexander

Pages

120

Read time

≈ 3h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Polity Press

ISBN

9781509504756

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