Who Gets What: Fair Compensation After Tragedy and Financial Upheaval

by Kenneth R. Feinberg

Book Overview

Agent Orange, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the Virginia Tech massacre, the 2008 financial crisis, and the Deep Horizon gulf oil spill: each was a disaster in its own right. What they had in common was their aftermath -- each required compensation for lives lost, bodies maimed, livelihoods wrecked, economies and ecosystems upended. In each instance, an objective third party had to step up and dole out allocated funds: in each instance, Presidents,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586489771
• ISBN13: 9781586489779
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.6"