Fatal Tradeoffs: Public and Private Responsibilities for Risk

by W. Kip Viscusi

Book Overview

Ideally, it would be desirable if we could all adopt a high-minded commitment to a risk-free existence. Unfortunately, such an objective is beyond our reach--politicians who advocate higher taxes rarely get elected and economists who indicate that our resources are limited are often portrayed as purveyors of pessimism. Fatal Tradeoffs culminates and synthesizes the research of the government's expert on the value of life and risk regulation. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102932
• ISBN13: 9780195102932
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"