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Here you can learn about my scholarly work on the economics of entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and sustainable economic growth
Just published
Economic Growth and Societal Collapse:
Beyond Green Growth and Degrowth Fairy Tales.
“This book addresses humanity’s fateful struggle with excessive success in a deep and different manner. I have previously moved from being a Cornucopian to a modified Malthusian but this book is now moving me towards a third possibility - collapse as a feature not a bug of complex society”. - Professor Christopher L. Magee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
"This fascinating volume is an important contribution to the debate on the ultimate destiny of civilization. It poses the provocative question whether a constructive collapse, rather than green growth or degrowth, could be the solution to the dangers caused by an expanding environmental footprint. An inspirational source of thinking for those interested in the future of mankind." - Professor Nicola Dimitri, University of Siena, Italy
“As a scholar of conflict, I am aware of how disaster can precipitate new, and sometimes better, structures in the long-run. Alas, as we know from Keynes, by then we are all dead. And yet, Naudé's analysis is succinct, refreshing and uplifting. He offers a glimmer of hope that we can save ourselves in the short-term after all: if we need to reorganise the system after its collapse, should we not try to do so now, preventing collapse in the first place?” - Professor Tilman Brück, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
Available for pre-order from Cambridge University Press
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Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Conflict
“‘In an era rife with conflict throughout every level of society, this pathbreaking Handbook paves important new ground in analyzing how entrepreneurship can be both a positive response but also a concerning trigger for conflict. This Handbook draws on a broad spectrum of expert authors spanning a diverse range of backgrounds and scholarly fields to shed new light on the links between entrepreneurship and conflict. This is a must read not just for entrepreneurship scholarship but for all of the social sciences and thought leaders concerned with the stability and sustainability of democratic society.”
-Professor David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, USA
“Conflicts seem to dominate these days, in many ways. This observation gives ample room to think about the role of entrepreneurship against the background of all these conflicts. This Handbook is an indispensable source for that purpose. Dr. Wim Naudé and Dr. Bernadette Power have composed a great edited book about this subject, really a must-read in the field of entrepreneurship.”
-Professor Enno Masurel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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