{"product_id":"priceless-on-knowing-the-price-of-everything-and-the-value-of-nothing-9781565849815","title":"Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs clinical as it sounds to express the value of human lives, health, or the environment in cold dollars and cents, cost-benefit analysis requires it. More disturbingly, this approach is being embraced by a growing number of politicians and conservative pundits as the most reasonable way to make many policy decisions regarding public health and the environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy systematically refuting the economic algorithms and illogical assumptions that cost-benefit analysts flaunt as fact, \u003cem\u003ePriceless\u003c\/em\u003e tells a \"gripping story about how solid science has been shoved to the backburner by bean counters with ideological blinders\" (\u003cem\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/em\u003e). Ackerman and Heinzerling argue that decisions about health and safety should be made \"to reflect not economists' numbers, but democratic values, chosen on moral grounds. This is a vividly written book, punctuated by striking analogies, a good deal of outrage, and a nice dose of humor\" (Cass Sunstein, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential reading for anyone concerned with the future of human health and environmental protection, \u003cem\u003ePriceless\u003c\/em\u003e \"shines a bright light on obstacles that stand in the way of good government decisions\" (\u003cem\u003ePublic Citizen News\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1541\"\u003eFrank Ackerman\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3178805\"\u003eLisa Heinzerling\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.08w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565849815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565849817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT011000\"\u003eEnvironmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS069000\"\u003eEconomics | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Ackerman is an economist at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University and author of \"Why Do We Recycle?\" He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003cbr\u003eLisa Heinzerling is a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in environmental law. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44433484841197,"sku":"9781565849815","price":25.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_92a9bd80-0f2a-43a5-8f91-17b9f6b77d15.jpg?v=1700064180","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/priceless-on-knowing-the-price-of-everything-and-the-value-of-nothing-9781565849815","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}