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Table 4 Economic risk dyads-examples

From: Dyadic risk mechanisms–a nomenclature for 36 proto-cascading effects determining humanity’s future

Dyad

Example

Year reported

EconTech

(a) Economic recessions/depressions can impact big tech or tech startups negatively (in the short term) but spur innovation in the medium term for resilient companies [116]. (b) Compare with TechEcon (see Table 1)

2018

E2

Systemic risks from financial system linkages lead to the co-occurrence of two negative economic phenomena (such as recessions, inflation, undercapitalization, exchange rate fluctuations, and collapse of too-big-to-fail institutions), leading to cascading failure of the financial sector [4, 81]

2018

EconGov

Economic risks lead to government collapse or worse, failed states [103, 128]

2003

EconSoc

The Great Depression led to mass unemployment [50]

2009

EconNat

Economic growth from industrialization has led to climate change [89]

2012

EconHealth

The Great Depression led to increased mortality and lower life spans [50], as well as cognitive disparities [52]

2009