The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences
Central European University Press, 2000
Cloth: 978-963-9241-09-1 | eISBN: 978-963-386-542-2 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification JC585.P314 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification 306
Cloth: 978-963-9241-09-1 | eISBN: 978-963-386-542-2 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification JC585.P314 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification 306
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This volume of essays is dedicated to George Soros in honor of his seventieth birthday. The authors come from the different but intersecting worlds of academia, politics and business. The editors have chosen the title The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences to encourage the contributors to adopt a dialogue-oriented approach and in reference to the example of Giordano Bruno, who was burnt at the stake 400 years ago for holding heretic views which were probably far more backward than the views of those condemning him. The idea behind this approach was that any complex social process or political attempt to change the lives of people will have unintended consequences, usually paradoxical ones. These consequences should force us to reconsider our original theory. The volume also contains a short biography of George Soros and a list of his published works and philanthropic initiatives
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