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Priceless

On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Paperback
Book Priceless Frank Ackerman
Libristo code: 04814675
Publishers The New Press, January 2004
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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 back-burner 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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Full name Priceless
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2004
Number of pages 290
EAN 9781565849815
ISBN 1565849817
Libristo code 04814675
Publishers The New Press
Weight 344
Dimensions 136 x 204 x 18
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