Reviving Rationality: Saving Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Sake of the Environment and Our Health

by Michael a Livermore, Richard L Revesz, Richard L. Revesz, et al.

For decades, administrations of both political parties have used cost-benefit analysis to evaluate and improve federal policy in a variety of areas, including health and the environment. Today, this model is under grave threat.

In Reviving Rationality, Michael Livermore and Richard Revesz explain how Donald Trump has destabilized the decades-long bipartisan consensus that federal agencies must base their decisions on evidence, expertise, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197539440
• ISBN13: 9780197539446
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"