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Autore |
Revesz Richard L. <1958-> |
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Titolo |
Retaking rationality [[electronic resource] ] : how cost-benefit analysis can better protect the environment and our health / / Richard L. Revesz, Michael A. Livermore |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-759265-1 |
1-283-13007-6 |
9786613130075 |
0-19-970947-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (457 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Trade regulation - United States - Cost effectiveness |
Environmental law - United States - Cost effectiveness |
Public health laws - United States - Cost effectiveness |
Administrative agencies - United States - Decision making |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Decisions are made by those who show up -- pt. 2. Eight fallacies of cost-benefit analysis -- pt. 3. Instituting regulatory rationality. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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That America's natural environment has been degraded and despoiled over the past 25 years is beyond dispute. Nor has there been any shortage of reasons why-short-sighted politicians, a society built on over-consumption, and the dramatic weakening of environmental regulations. In Retaking Rationality, Richard Revesz and Michael Livermore argue convincingly that one of the least understood-and most important-causes of our failure to protect the environment has been a misguided rejection of reason. The authors show that environmentalists, labor unions, and other progressive groups have declined t |
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