{"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\u003e • Author(s): Frank Ackerman | Lisa Heinzerling\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Environmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47589749260439,"sku":"9781565849815","price":1281.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781565849815.webp?v=1774969462","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/priceless-on-knowing-the-price-of-everything-and-the-value-of-nothing-9781565849815","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}