Table 6 Governance risk dyads-examples
From: Dyadic risk mechanisms–a nomenclature for 36 proto-cascading effects determining humanity’s future
Dyad | Example | Year reported |
|---|---|---|
GovTech | Government R&D [34] or regulation impacts tech innovation, sector development, could harm national security [72], poor, little, or too much regulation in the wrong places could increase risks from emerging tech [127] | 2023 |
GovEcon | Government shapes the economy by creating, maintaining, and regulating markets [44] but politics, laws, tariffs, debs, or policies, bailouts/firm rescues (or absence thereof) can also create dangerous unintended consequences, such as moral hazard, overheating the economy and inflation, firm collapse, too-big-to-fail institutions, and more [118] | 2002 |
G2 | Dyadic intra- or inter-government relationships, either rivalries, or partnerships can create excessive risk-taking, competition, and eventual resource collapse and failed states [103] | |
GovSoc | a) Government crisis or lack of foresight spills over into society, yet long-term risk governance is rare [111] even though existential risk is a whole-of-society challenge [8] | 2019 |
GovNat | Government’s impact on the natural environment is enormous, yet/and so two-thirds of Americans think the government should do more on climate [120] | 2020 |
GovHealth | The increase in government efficiency can significantly improve health outcomes [33]. In the US, the government has a relatively small role in the direct delivery or financing of health insurance and health services. Global health risks are significant, including biorisk, and can be affected by regulation [10, 18, 105] | 2014 |