Why have some critics referred to cost-benefit analysis as “nonsense on stilts?”
What will be an ideal response?
This criticism implies that there are so many assumptions involved in the calculation and so many imponderables about the future effects of projects that cost-benefit analysis is the functional equivalent of witchcraft in the public sector. It is difficult, if not impossible, to know the value of eliminating an externality, just as it is difficult to know just how much life and health are worth economically.
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A) assemble. B) "due process." C) "equal protection of the law." D) freedom of expression. E) separate but equal facilities.
Which conflict saw the introduction of the concept of preventive war, the strategy of waging war on countries regarded as threats to avoid future conflicts?
A. the Bosnian Wars B. the invasion of Somalia C. the Iraq War D. the First Gulf War E. the Kosovo Intervention
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a. internal validity rule. b. covariance rule. c. causal ambiguity rule. d. temporal precedence rule.
What aspect of presidential election did Andrew Jackson try but fail to achieve?
A. the equalization of Electoral College votes, eliminating population as a factor B. elimination of candidate selection by primary C. elimination of the unit rule D. an increase in the number of presidential candidates per party E. elimination of the Electoral College