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Retaking rationality : how cost-benefit analysis can better protect the environment and our health / Richard L. Revesz, Michael A. Livermore.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: viii, 254 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195368574 (hbk.) :
  • 0195368576 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD3616.U47 R486 2008
Contents:
Prologue: Reason and Compassion -- Pt. I. Decisions Are Made by Those Who Show Up -- The Case for Cost-Benefit Analysis -- The Walls Go Up -- Missed Opportunities -- Winning the Good Fight (Sometimes) -- Pt. II. Eight Fallacies of Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Fallacy 1: All Unintended Consequences Are Bad -- Fallacy 2: Wealth Equals Health -- Fallacy 3: Older People Are Less Valuable -- Fallacy 4: People Cannot Adapt -- Fallacy 5: People Always Want to Put Off Bad Things -- Fallacy 6: We Are Worth More than Our Children -- Fallacy 7: People Value Only What They Use -- Fallacy 8: Industry Cannot Adapt -- The Sum of All the Fallacies -- Pt. III. Instituting Regulatory Rationality -- Regulatory Hurdles -- Shaky Foundation -- Rethinking OIRA -- Balancing the Scales -- Epilogue: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HD 3616 .U47 R486 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 600987

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-236) and index.

Prologue: Reason and Compassion -- Pt. I. Decisions Are Made by Those Who Show Up -- The Case for Cost-Benefit Analysis -- The Walls Go Up -- Missed Opportunities -- Winning the Good Fight (Sometimes) -- Pt. II. Eight Fallacies of Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Fallacy 1: All Unintended Consequences Are Bad -- Fallacy 2: Wealth Equals Health -- Fallacy 3: Older People Are Less Valuable -- Fallacy 4: People Cannot Adapt -- Fallacy 5: People Always Want to Put Off Bad Things -- Fallacy 6: We Are Worth More than Our Children -- Fallacy 7: People Value Only What They Use -- Fallacy 8: Industry Cannot Adapt -- The Sum of All the Fallacies -- Pt. III. Instituting Regulatory Rationality -- Regulatory Hurdles -- Shaky Foundation -- Rethinking OIRA -- Balancing the Scales -- Epilogue: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies.

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