LEADER 02914nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910820242403321 005 20230721014256.0 010 $a0-19-759265-1 010 $a1-283-13007-6 010 $a9786613130075 010 $a0-19-970947-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092888 035 $a(EBL)728789 035 $a(OCoLC)729244824 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000525336 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12189126 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525336 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488799 035 $a(PQKB)10077658 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL728789 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476956 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313007 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728789 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092888 100 $a20071003d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRetaking rationality$b[electronic resource] $ehow cost-benefit analysis can better protect the environment and our health /$fRichard L. Revesz, Michael A. Livermore 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (457 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-976895-1 311 $a0-19-536857-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Decisions are made by those who show up -- pt. 2. Eight fallacies of cost-benefit analysis -- pt. 3. Instituting regulatory rationality. 330 $aThat 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 606 $aTrade regulation$zUnited States$xCost effectiveness 606 $aEnvironmental law$zUnited States$xCost effectiveness 606 $aPublic health laws$zUnited States$xCost effectiveness 606 $aAdministrative agencies$zUnited States$xDecision making 615 0$aTrade regulation$xCost effectiveness. 615 0$aEnvironmental law$xCost effectiveness. 615 0$aPublic health laws$xCost effectiveness. 615 0$aAdministrative agencies$xDecision making. 676 $a320.60973 700 $aRevesz$b Richard L.$f1958-$01644226 701 $aLivermore$b Michael A$01644227 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820242403321 996 $aRetaking rationality$93989967 997 $aUNINA