Richard L. Revesz
1) Retaking rationality: how cost-benefit analysis can better protect the environment and our health
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"Retaking Rationality argues that environmentalists and other progressive groups, by rejecting the economic analysis of regulation, have allowed industry groups and conservative intellectuals to convince the public that strong environmental, public health, and safety regulation is bad economic policy. The truth is that economic analysis - conducted in an unbiased manner - will often support strong regulation. That truth is hidden because, as currently...
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"Debunks the political rhetoric surrounding the Obama administration's environmental policies; Traces the source of contemporary environmental problems to a tragic flaw in the Clean Air Act of 1970; Provides a thorough but accessible history of air pollution control in the United States."--Publisher's website.