Download This PaperPriceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
33 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2004
Abstract
Junk Economics is a review of Frank Ackerman & Lisa Heinzerling's book, Priceless. Priceless argues that cost-benefit analysis has been distorted for political reasons, especially during the current Bush Administration. The review describes the authors' argument and elaborates on the political implications of the continued use of cost-benefit analysis.
Keywords: Cost Benefit Analysis, Economics
JEL Classification: K20
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Tomain, Joseph P., Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=622962
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