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Sophisticated Sabotage: The Intellectual Games Used to Subvert
Responsible Regulation
by Thomas O. McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, and David Bollier
Sophisticated
Sabotage: The Intellectual Games Used to Subvert Responsible Regulation,
by CPR's Thomas O. McGarity and Sidney Shapiro, and David Bollier
is a searing look at the methods and tools used to subvert and defeat
regulations designed to protect health, safety, and the environment.
In clear, accessible terms, the authors describe how dubious risk
assessment and economic models have come to dominate regulatory
decision-making, and to stymie urgently needed protective regulations,
thus putting Americans at serious risk from avoidable hazards. Topics
include cost-benefit analysis, quantitative risk assessment, the
monetization of intangible values, comparative risk assessment and
cost-effectiveness analysis, and related sub-disciplines.
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