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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... future generations . Throughout , Sunstein uses climate change as a defining case , because it dramatically illustrates the underlying principles . But he also discusses terrorism , depletion of the ozone layer , genetic modification of ...
... Change 17 2. A Tale of Two Protocols 71 3. Catastrophe 118 4. Irreversibility 176 5. Money 198 6. The Future 244 Conclusion 275 Notes 289 Acknowledgments 329 Index 331 WORST - CASE SCENARIOS INTRODUCTION How do human beings and.
... future . Cost - bene- fit analysis is at best a proxy for what really matters , which is well- being rather than money ; but sometimes proxies can be helpful . Throughout I shall use climate change as a defining case , both because it ...
... future . Well - being , money , and consequences It is impossible to know how to handle worst - case scenarios without having a sense of the relevant consequences . But once we identify consequences , we still need to do much more ...
... future generations when they are threatened by worst - case scenarios . According to standard practice , money that will come in the future must be " discounted " ; a dollar twenty years hence is worth a fraction of a dollar today ...