Democracy in the Digital Age: How We'll Vote and What We'll Vote about
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1909421995 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His research is based on a careful analysis of the data and a deep understanding of the likely financial consequences of these trends.It is by drawing on the evidence from diverse fields - politics, economics, finance and information technology - and by describing that evidence in laymen's terms, that this book unlocks original insights into where these trends might be leading.. This book addresses the profound change that modern technology has the capacity to make in democracy itself. While very little has changed in the machinery of the representative system since the late 1700s, that arrangement is starting to unravel. Technology now holds the capacity to transfer more power directly to the people, including on the all-important questions of how the state taxes and spends.This book has been written by an experienced analyst who worked in the financial centres in London, New York and Zurich. The technology by which the people receive their information and make their will known, is being revolutionized.These new technological capabilities are likely to reinforce a po
It was an invitation to speak at the latter's Institute of Science, Technology and Policy that was the trigger for this book, which describes how democracy is being disrupted by digitalization and the profound consequences of that disruption. He has been a guest lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institu
. He has lectured on international finance at the University of Zurich, at its Institute of Banking and Finance and at the MBA course of the University of Bern-Rochester. Another of his reports featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal under "What's News". It was an invitation to speak at the latter's Institute of Science, Technology and Policy that was the trigger for this book, which describes how democracy is being disrupted by digitalization and the profound consequences of that disruption. One of his reports was cited in The Financial Times as having triggered a currency crisis. He was Head of Research for the emerging markets at UBS, and has