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...what it takes to win or get us out. In Vietnam, nine years passed after the first U.S. servicemen were killed and more than 20,000 others died before a majority of Americans concluded we were on the wrong course. Opinion swung more quickly this time, as the cost-benefit analysis changed. When the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) weren't found and the Saddam-9/11 connection was discredited, the sense of urgent threat receded. However generous and idealistic Americans may be, a half-a-trillion-dollar nation-building venture is a harder case to make...
...economist interested in cost-benefit analyses of government policies and their effects on society, Miron advocates drug legalization and other libertarian policies, saying that “however well intentioned, a large fraction of government interventions do more harm than good...
...with me now…is that guy. That guy cannot stop quoting the one introduction of Hegel he read for tutorial last year because it must apply to every situation, and the Presidential that guy will never stop assuring you that everything can be answered with a simple cost-benefit analysis. That guy believes he possesses all the answers. Sadly, even when that guy is qualified to handle the matter, no one is willing to listen to him because of his pedantic personality...
Lambda’s stance involved a perfectly reasonable cost-benefit analysis, based on a recognition of Harvard’s immense contribution to the public good. A $400 million funding-cut would have jeopardized much of the University’s cutting-edge research in science and medicine, a price that not even Lambda feels is worth paying...
...nonprofit world were graduates of schools of social work, public policy and liberal arts. Today, in an era of dwindling government grants--not to mention increased scrutiny of nonprofits' business practices--many charitable organizations are looking for people committed not just to the cause but also to cost-benefit analyses and earned-income strategies...