The global history and enduring logic of insurance and reinsurance for anyone concerned about financial, nuclear, climate, and other unbounded risks. States and dynamic markets have proven capable of harnessing a shared insuring instinct to govern complex risks. Pragmatic collaborative experiments promise to help build a sustainable world order.Publisher: Cambridge University PressAuthor(s): Louis W. (University of Toronto) PaulyIllustration(s): Worked examples or ExercisesNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2025Dimensions: 162 x 236 x 29Cover type: Hardback