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Title: WORST-CASE SCENARIOS
By: Cass R. Sunstein
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0674032519
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Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 1 May, 2009
Pages: 352
Description: Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis, avian flu: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? This work explores how we might prevent these and other worst-case scenarios.
Synopsis: Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis, avian flu: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? Cass Sunstein explores how we might best prevent these and other worst-case scenarios in this vivid and illuminating analysis.
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Publication: US
Imprint: Harvard University Press
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