Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691208596ISBN-10:069120859XUPC:9780691208596Book Category:Political Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Public Policy, InsuranceBook Topic:Economic Policy, Social Policy, Risk Assessment & ManagementSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCAQK2BB0B
Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society
How society's undervaluing of life puts all of us at risk-and the groundbreaking economic measure that can fix it
Like it or not, sometimes we need to put a monetary value on people's lives. In the past, government agencies used the financial "cost of death" to monetize the mortality risks of regulatory policies, but this method vastly undervalued life. Pricing Lives tells the story of how the...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691208596ISBN-10:069120859XUPC:9780691208596Book Category:Political Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Public Policy, InsuranceBook Topic:Economic Policy, Social Policy, Risk Assessment & ManagementSize:9.20 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCAQK2BB0B
W. Kip Viscusi is the University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management at Vanderbilt University. His many books include Economics of Regulation and Antitrust and Fatal Tradeoffs: Public and Private Responsibilities for Risk.
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