Worst-Case ScenariosHarvard University Press, 2009 M05 15 - 352 pages Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? |
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... benefit analysis has raised serious cautionary notes about some proposed efforts to pro- tect against climate change . The idea of cost - benefit analysis raises many questions , both technical and less technical , about whether and how ...
... benefits . As Chapter 5 ex- plains in detail , what matters is well - being , and even when the costs of regulation exceed the benefits , regulation might promote well- being . But cost - benefit analysis is useful nonetheless . Whether ...
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