New Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Matthew D. Adler

Eric A. Posner

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    1. The Traditional View

    2. The Moral Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis

    3. Cost-Benefit Analysis as a Decision Procedure

    4. Political Oversight

    5. Distorted Preferences

    6. Objections

    Conclusion

    Notes

    Index

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photo of Matthew Adler (top); photo of Eric Posner (below) by Matthew Gilson

Matthew D. Adler is Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.

Eric A. Posner is Professor of Law at the University of Chicago.