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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... least — and that an aggressive response to climate change , calling for massive changes in energy policy , creates a significant chance of imposing serious hardships on many nations , including not just the United States but India and ...
... least a decade of additional life , his choice will probably be easy . Sometimes public officials are in a similar position . Equipped with a sense of the imaginable outcomes , of their probability , and of the burdens and risks of ...
... least , cost - 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 ...
... least when regulation forces people to pay for the benefits they receive . But it is important to ask whether people are adequately informed and whether they suffer from the kinds of cognitive defects emphasized in Chapter 1. If people ...
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