Frank Ackerman
Priceless
On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
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As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, health, or the environment in cold dollars and cents, cost-benefit analysis requires it. More disturbingly, this approach is being embraced by a growing number of politicians and conservative pundits as the most reasonable way to make many policy decisions regarding public health and the environment.By systematically refuting the economic algorithms and illogical assumptions that cost-benefit analysts flaunt as fact, Priceless tells a gripping story about how solid science has been shoved to the backburner by bean counters with ideological blinders (In These Times). Ackerman and He…
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As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, health, or the environment in cold dollars and cents, cost-benefit analysis requires it. More disturbingly, this approach is being embraced by a growing number of politicians and conservative pundits as the most reasonable way to make many policy decisions regarding public health and the environment.By systematically refuting the economic algorithms and illogical assumptions that cost-benefit analysts flaunt as fact, Priceless tells a gripping story about how solid science has been shoved to the backburner by bean counters with ideological blinders (In These Times). Ackerman and Heinzerling argue that decisions about health and safety should be made to reflect not economists' numbers, but democratic values, chosen on moral grounds. This is a vividly written book, punctuated by striking analogies, a good deal of outrage, and a nice dose of humor (Cass Sunstein, The New Republic).Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of human health and environmental protection, Priceless shines a bright light on obstacles that stand in the way of good government decisions (Public Citizen News).
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-56584-850-4
- EAN: 9781565848504
- Produktnummer: 22238145
- Verlag: The New Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.5 cm x D0.0 cm 485 g
- Gewicht: 485
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Frank Ackerman is an economist at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University and author of Why Do We Recycle? He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Lisa Heinzerling is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in environmental law. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
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