The Cost-Benefit Compass
Navigating the Perfect Storm of Economic, Environmental, and Energy Challenges
In order to address climate change and energy security, a major rethinking of our energy infrastructure is necessary, especially over the long term. The twin goals of energy security and reduction in carbon emissions can be mutually reinforcing, if wise policy options are chosen. The challenge for the next administration is to find policies that produce simultaneous economic, environmental, and energy beneits, rathert han force these policy goals to fight ... Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
Cost analysis of government regulations on private industry have been, and will continue being, one of the most hotly debated issues. Both the right and left pay lip service to regulatory cost analysis, but when push comes to shove both come up with starkly different numbers.. numbers that reflect less about actual costs and benefits and more about the wants and needs of their particular political constituencies. As the old saying goes, "Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."