Valuing Life
Author | : Cass R. Sunstein |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2014-09-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226780177 |
ISBN-13 | : 0226780171 |
Rating | : 4/5 (171 Downloads) |
Download or read book Valuing Life written by Cass R. Sunstein and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franklin's algebra -- Inside government -- Human consequences, or the real world of cost-benefit analysis -- Dignity, financial meltdown, and other nonquantifiable things -- Valuing life, 1: problems -- Valuing life, 2: solutions -- The morality of risk -- What scares us -- Epilogue: four ways to humanize the regulatory state -- Appendix A: Executive Order 13563 of January 18, 2011 -- Appendix B: the social cost of carbon -- Appendix C: estimates of benefits and costs of selected federal regulations -- Appendix D: selected examples of breakeven analysis -- Appendix E: values for mortality and morbidity.