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Abstract: Explores the ethical implications of a Greater Depression from three philosophical frameworks: Utilitarianism, Deontology, and...

Abstract: Explores the potential impacts of a catastrophic global economic collapse on national and international legal systems from the...

Abstract: Examines the potential impact of a fictional Greater Depression on Global Multimodal Logistics (GML) from the perspective of...

Abstract: The environmental consequences of a Greater Depression can range from air pollution, to water scarcity, to the loss of...

Abstract: Explores how economic policies governments might employ to respond to the Greater Depression, a hypothetical future economic...

Abstract: Explores how the Greater Depression, a hypothetical future economic crisis, could shape future technology development. It...

A Greater Depression is a nebulous term. There is no formal definition of an economic depression, but these terrible economic calamities...

Directed Fiction Defined: Directed fiction is a strategic foresight tool designed to simultaneously consider multiple plausible future...

Abstract: Alternate Futures are compared using the foresight technique of Directed Fiction. Directed Fiction seeks to blend the foresight...

Appendix A. Appendix A to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a continuation of the current economic status quo, big...

Appendix B. Appendix B to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event is immanent. The emphasis is on how...

Appendix C. Appendix C to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event has already occurred. There have been...

Appendix D. Appendix D to Alternative Futures describes a world in which a catastrophic event or phenomenon (often man-made) has already...

Appendix E. Appendix E to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a recognizable world absent of apparent transformations,...

Appendix F. Appendix F to Alternative Futures highlights what is perhaps the greatest strength of science fiction for use as a tool for...

Abstract: Classifying fiction illuminates the future. The technique for imagining the future presented in this paper using a rapid,...

SWOT Analysis Introduction This variation of the SWOT analysis differs significantly from traditional business applications which focus...

A quick visual representation of the Stress Test is possible by comparing PIRA’s six strategies to provide shelter to one million people...

Scenario Report Background The scenario report that will be used to stress test PIRA’s six strategies is titled “Global Governance in...

Executive Summary This is a report that I use to help me imagine the dynamics of the fictionalized organization, the Parousia...