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...their canine companions this holiday season, churning $5 billion into the American economy. For those with dogs wanting to bring in the New Year in style, the Ritzy Canine Carriage House in Manhattan offered a “Presidential Suite” for dogs at a cool $175 per night...
...Consider government standards for allowable amounts of arsenic in water, a topic Sunstein has written about. A standard set at 3 parts per billion will save more lives than a standard set at 10 parts per billion, but it will also cost more to achieve - a cost that will in turn be passed on to consumers in their water bills. If it can be shown that the more stringent standard would result in saving 10 lives per year, how much would society be willing to pay to achieve that? Ten million dollars? A hundred million? A billion...
...back of the boat. But if you fear that a voyage on the state-of-the-art Oasis will sink your wallet, think again: you can book a seven-night Caribbean trip in that brass ring of cruise deals, a cabin with a balcony, for less than $1,000 per person. Considering it includes three meals a day, it's like getting an Orlando resort at Travelodge rates...
Cruises have been an affordable luxury for a generation now, ever since Captain Steubing and the Love Boat first weighed anchor. Yet even Gopher would be amazed at the deals to be had this year: $50 per day, about a fivefold price cut, for a four-day trip from Miami to the Bahamas on Norwegian Cruise Lines; a seven-day Alaska cruise, usually more than $2,000 per person, for $499 on Holland America and $399 on Carnival; even $699 for seven days in Europe on the more upscale Celebrity. In fact, says Ken Heit, sales director at World Wide...
...says she and her husband "were going to forget our winter getaway this year because of the economy." But her travel agency, Cruise Holidays, saw a deluxe cabin for a week in the Caribbean on a brand new ship, the Celebrity Solstice, at almost half price. For $1,100 per person, Yeary, who says she's never experienced the swank side of cruising, also gets a veranda, complimentary champagne, daily hors d'oeuvres and preferential treatment on shore excursions. "I wasn't expecting this," she says. "But it seems they have to do it to keep ships afloat in this...