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A New Politics of the Common Good

The Reith Lectures

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Limitations of Cost Benefit Analysis in Public Policy

Exploring the flawed assumptions and spurious science behind cost benefit analysis, this chapter discusses examples such as the evaluation of the ban on cell phones while driving and a particle accelerator project, highlighting the difficulties in accurately measuring the monetary value of goods and human life.

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