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...From my perspective, cost effectiveness analyses are effective and often essential in thinking through priorities. But there are other values, and cost effectiveness along should not determine policy," Bloom says...
According to Bloom, top priorities that Summers could help address at the HSPH include fostering a multi-disciplinary approach to public health and providing larger amounts of scholarship money to students from developing nations. With his experience in international finance, Summers is well-placed to understand the economic issues that often complicate problems of public health...
...There is a sense of loss in that Harvey was an extraordinary human being," says Bloom. "An awful lot of people hoped he would become president...
...dumping toxic waste in poor countries. Although Summers apologized for the memo and has said it was written ironically, it has continued to dog him. Such pure economic calculations may provide cost-effective solutions, but they are distasteful to those whose primary concern is not utility but health. Bloom says that such pure economics should not dominate decisions that could affect public health...
...Robert Bloom, professor at Boston College?s law school, who declares no particular position on execution: I think this is just a chapter in an ever-expanding book of cases for death penalty opponents. Along with the chapter of how corruption affected convictions in Illinois and how defense lawyers were falling asleep in court in Texas...