Cost-benefit analysis

Books of Account
The Gridlock Economy
Michael Heller
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Optimal use of resources

Cost-benefit analysis may be an answer to know whether we are overusing, under-using, or optimally using resources, but the process can be full of moral and political dilemmas, cautions Michael Heller in The Gridlock Economy: How too much ownership wrecks markets, stops innovation, and costs lives.

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