An economist and a law professor debunk the use of cost-benefit analysis in deciding whether human life and the environment are worth protecting. EPA estimates of the value of one human life: in 2000
A timely and much needed corrective to the current infatuation with cost-benefit analysis and the derelict logic used to defend it. As clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, heal
The casebook introduces students to the reasons for regulation, the ways in which regulation can go awry, the choice of legal institutions, the choice of regulatory instruments, and the art of statuto
Over the past decades, considerable debate has emerged surrounding the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to analyze and make recommendations for environmental and safety regulations. Critics argue th
