In this conversation with econtalk host russ roberts, sunstein discusses the uselessness of the precautionary principle as a guide to behavior and the psychological challenges. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. The book makes it clear that these problems do not. Cass sunstein first asked these questions in 2001s. Sunstein cass sunstein has written a superb analysis of how cost benefit analysis can usefully be applied to extreme situations worst case scenarios. Worstcase scenario is the name of a series of merchandise based on a 1999 book written by joshua piven and david borgenicht and published by chronicle books. Sunstein doesnt clearly answer whether its worth, say.
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