Non-normal interactions create socio-economic bubbles by Didier Sornette, Sandro Claudio Lera, Jianhong Lin, Ke Wu

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L’architecture post-globalisation – de l’art economy à la share economy by Kengo Kuma

“…Japan’s unique situation – having experienced a period of high growth followed by a bursting of the economic bubble and a prolonged recession – has had a considerable impact on the building, real estate and architectural sectors. …”
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Kon Satoshi and Japan’s Monsters in the City by Chris Perkins

“…Focussing on the bat-wielding figure of Shōnen Batto and a cuddly pink doll called Maromi, it is shown how Kon Satoshi uses these figures to critique a range of fatalistic discourses on Japan’s decline that have emerged since the bursting of Japan’s economic bubble in the early 1990s. I argue Kon repackages the ‘vague sense of anxiety’ prevalent in post-bubble Japan as monster in order to access the psychic realities of Japan, and as a tool for developing a critique of Japan’s fear of and fascination with social monsters. …”
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METHODOLOGY OF SYSTEMIC RISK MANAGEMENT ADJUSTED FOR THE RUSSIAN CREDIT MARKET ENVIRONMENT by J. I. Petrova, V. E. Rasskazov, V. N. Salin, V. T. Sevruk

“…Among specific sources of systemic the following risks were emphasized: access of a banking sector to market liquidity and currency fluctuations in the short term; financial contagion, economic bubbles and sovereign default risk in the long term. …”
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A Thermodynamic Interpretation of the Progression of Historical Processes by Mark Paul Anthony Ciotola

“…Also examined are the emergence of medium-term dissipative structures, such as the rise and fall of dynasties, resource and economic bubbles in terms of thermodynamic theory. The impact of thermodynamic constraints on the emergence and fall of such structures is examined. …”
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Cryptoart: ethical challenges of the NFT revolution by Patrici Calvo

“…This study will delve into the ethical aspects underlying what is known as the NFT Revolution, particularly impacts related to the abuse or destruction of cultural heritage, speculation and the generation of economic bubbles and environmental unsustainability. To this end, this research has been carried out within the framework of a hermeneutic-critical proposal for analysing, understanding and prescribing cryptoart and its processes. …”
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