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Title:

WORST-CASE SCENARIOS

By:

Cass R. Sunstein

Format:

Paperback

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£33.95

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ISBN 10:

0674032519

ISBN 13:

9780674032514

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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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US

Imprint:

Harvard University Press

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