Navigating the Ethical Dilemmas of a Greater Depression: A Three Frameworks Perspective
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Abstract: Explores the ethical implications of a Greater Depression from three philosophical frameworks: Utilitarianism, Deontology, and...


Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 21
Surviving the Greater Depression: How National and International Legal Systems Will Adapt
Abstract: Explores the potential impacts of a catastrophic global economic collapse on national and international legal systems from the...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 19
The Greater Depression and the Reshaping of the Political Landscape
Abstract: Examines the potential impact of a fictional Greater Depression on Global Multimodal Logistics (GML) from the perspective of...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 16
When the Global Economy Fails, So Does the Planet: The Environmental Costs of a Greater Depression
Abstract: The environmental consequences of a Greater Depression can range from air pollution, to water scarcity, to the loss of...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Jan 13
Facing the Unfathomable: Government Strategies for Dealing with a Greater Depression
Abstract: Explores how economic policies governments might employ to respond to the Greater Depression, a hypothetical future economic...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Dec 22, 2022
From Crisis to Innovation: How the Greater Depression will Shape the Development of Technology
Abstract: Explores how the Greater Depression, a hypothetical future economic crisis, could shape future technology development. It...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Sep 24, 2022
How Would a Greater Depression Affect Society?
A Greater Depression is a nebulous term. There is no formal definition of an economic depression, but these terrible economic calamities...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 14, 2022
Directed Fiction: Scanning the future with scenario prompts
Directed Fiction Defined: Directed fiction is a strategic foresight tool designed to simultaneously consider multiple plausible future...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: The use of fiction to explore competing visions
Abstract: Alternate Futures are compared using the foresight technique of Directed Fiction. Directed Fiction seeks to blend the foresight...
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Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
- Feb 7, 2022
Alternative Futures: Growth and Decay
Appendix A. Appendix A to Alternative Futures describes a world in which we see a continuation of the current economic status quo, big...
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