{"product_id":"priceless-frank-ackerman-9781565849815","title":"Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Ackerman, Lisa Heinzerling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565849817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565849815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.08w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 38","brand":"Frank Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989313978623,"sku":"9781565849815","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea3fc766-97bd-4731-8555-a14c532a200f.jpg?v=1683298803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/priceless-frank-ackerman-9781565849815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}