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Capitalism of Meaning
By Giammario Battaglia. An exploration of the crisis of meaning behind declining trust, social cohesion and institutional legitimacy. The book proposes reconnecting innovation and economic power with reciprocity, shared prosperity and civic responsibility, drawing on the civil economy tradition and the Systemic Social Dividend.
Download book (English PDF)The Price of Power
By HEF Vice-President Giammario Battaglia. A proposal for measuring the systemic risks created by essential digital and AI infrastructures, prioritising prevention and linking financial contributions to residual risk. The book examines corporate case studies, European regulation and ways to finance social and technological transitions.
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By HEF Vice-President Giammario Battaglia. A proposal for a new social contract in the age of artificial intelligence, connecting the responsibilities of systemic operators with a European right to transition. It explores training, services and support for people and communities affected by technological change, within a framework of prevention and social sustainability.
Download documentL’Europa del Senso — English Executive Summary
By HEF President Vincenzo M. Naschi, with a preface by Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia. This English executive summary explores Europe’s future in the age of artificial intelligence, placing human dignity, social sustainability and a fairer distribution of technological progress at the centre of development.
Download documentPope Francis — Address to the Human Economic Forum
In his address to the first Human Economic Forum, Pope Francis encouraged a vision of economic and social progress centred on human dignity, integral development and care for our common home.
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