Worst-Case Scenarios

Name: Worst-Case Scenarios
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ISBN: 9780674032514

ISBN-10: 0674032519

ISBN-13: 9780674032514

Edition: 2007

Authors: Cass R. Sunstein

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Listen to a short interview with Cass Sunstein Host: Chris Gondek Producer: Heron & CraneNuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction?Cass Sunstein explores these and other worst-case scenarios and how we might best prevent them in this vivid, illuminating, and highly original analysis. Singling out the problems of terrorism and climate change, Sunstein explores our susceptibility to two opposite and unhelpful reactions: panic and utter neglect.…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



Of Terrorism and Climate Change



A Tale of Two Protocols



Catastrophe



Irreversibility



Money



The Future


Conclusion


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index