Quixotic | Mon 25-Sep-06 07:51 PM |
Member since 09th Feb 2006
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#536, "RE: Cost/Benefit anaylsis"
Edited on Mon 25-Sep-06 07:56 PM
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>The problem with looking beyond hard facts (Dollars not being >the only hard facts) to non measurable qualitative factors >into policy analysis is that you lose the ability to judge the >value/outcome of policies based on these factors because there >is generaly no way to measure them to begin with. > I agree.
I found this conversation humorous, because not too long ago I argued a position similar to yours when I talked about statistics based on PBFs, and I was (as I anticipated) hounded for uttering my heresies. As a nation, if we examined our state and national policies with an equally critical eye, our corner of the world might be an even better place.
*humerous -> humorous, in case Valg had his blue pen handy ;0)
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What affects me?
[View all] , Razoul, Mon 25-Sep-06 09:01 AM
Not that this issue is important to me but (sorry long),
Mylinos,
25-Sep-06 12:32 PM, #2
RE: Not that this issue is important to me but (sorry l...,
nepenthe,
25-Sep-06 12:37 PM, #3
RE: Not that this issue is important to me but (sorry l...,
Mylinos,
25-Sep-06 01:58 PM, #4
A danger in the government using cost/benefit analysis,
Quixotic,
25-Sep-06 04:04 PM, #6
Well this is just silly.,
Mylinos,
25-Sep-06 04:42 PM, #9
That was not meant as a red herring or an argument of e...,
Quixotic,
25-Sep-06 05:55 PM, #11
Cost/Benefit anaylsis,
Mylinos,
25-Sep-06 06:27 PM, #12
RE: Cost/Benefit anaylsis,
Quixotic,
25-Sep-06 07:56 PM #13
RE: Not that this issue is important to me but (sorry l...,
Razoul,
25-Sep-06 04:15 PM, #7
Don't,
Tac,
25-Sep-06 04:33 PM, #8
RE: Not that this issue is important to me but (sorry l...,
Mylinos,
25-Sep-06 04:59 PM, #10
RE: What affects me?,
Eskelian,
25-Sep-06 11:10 AM, #1
A concern I have with a "pay the consequences" approach,
Quixotic,
25-Sep-06 03:45 PM, #5
RE: A concern I have with a,
Eskelian,
26-Sep-06 09:13 AM, #14
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