Priceless: On Knowing The Price Of Everything And The Value Of Nothing - Brossura

Ackerman, Frank; Heinzerling, Lisa

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ISBN 10: 1565849817 ISBN 13: 9781565849815

Casa editrice: New Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Challenging current beliefs about the virtues of cost-benefit analysis, a cautionary analysis cites its growing use among politicians and conservatives as a means of making policy decisions regarding public health and the environment, arguing that decisions about health and safety would be better made on democratic and moral grounds. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"As Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling point out . . . it is hardly clear why the same logic [of short term investments] should apply to the value of our great-grandchildren." —Jim Holt, The New York Times Magazine

"Ackerman and Heinzerling combine sophisticated criticism and a provocative policy perspective with an accessible style and an eye for contemporary political issues." —Harvard Law Review

"If you've ever wondered where some really bad ideas—more arsenic in your water, say—could have come from, this book will provide the answers." —Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

L'autore:

Frank Ackerman is an economist at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University and author ofWhy 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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• Editore: New Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1565849817
• ISBN 13: 9781565849815
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 277