Reviving Rationality: Saving Cost-Benefit Analysis for the Sake of the Environment and Our Health

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By Richard L. Revesz ’79

Published Nov. 7, 2020

Reviving Rationality delves into the on-the-ground policy impacts of the Trump administration’s preference for optics over evidence in federal agencies. Richard L. Revesz ’79 offers solutions for future administrations to help rebuild agencies’ competence and reliance on experts in the coming years.

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Tod Williams ’65 *67 stands in front of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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