02914nam 2200649 a 450 991082024240332120230721014256.00-19-759265-11-283-13007-697866131300750-19-970947-5(CKB)2670000000092888(EBL)728789(OCoLC)729244824(SSID)ssj0000525336(PQKBManifestationID)12189126(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525336(PQKBWorkID)10488799(PQKB)10077658(Au-PeEL)EBL728789(CaPaEBR)ebr10476956(CaONFJC)MIL313007(MiAaPQ)EBC728789(EXLCZ)99267000000009288820071003d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRetaking rationality[electronic resource] how cost-benefit analysis can better protect the environment and our health /Richard L. Revesz, Michael A. LivermoreOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (457 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-976895-1 0-19-536857-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Decisions are made by those who show up -- pt. 2. Eight fallacies of cost-benefit analysis -- pt. 3. Instituting regulatory rationality.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 tTrade regulationUnited StatesCost effectivenessEnvironmental lawUnited StatesCost effectivenessPublic health lawsUnited StatesCost effectivenessAdministrative agenciesUnited StatesDecision makingTrade regulationCost effectiveness.Environmental lawCost effectiveness.Public health lawsCost effectiveness.Administrative agenciesDecision making.320.60973Revesz Richard L.1958-1644226Livermore Michael A1644227MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820242403321Retaking rationality3989967UNINA