Process of analyzing the costs and benefits of environmental regulations and the interpretation of the quote “You can’t put a price on human life”.
The benefits of environmental regulation are often seen in terms of a healthier population and resources. Such benefits cannot directly be measured explicitly and in direct monetary terms. However, to understand the effect of environmental regulations from an economic perspective, the monetary value of having a healthier population can be calculated using the minimum labor or productive value of a person.
The quote, “You can’t put a price on human life.” is meant from a more social and philosophical viewpoint. Subjectively, the price of human life is indeterminable. In economics, the cost of human life is seen from the perspective of how an agent can contribute to tangible value production in the economy.
Cost-benefit analysis: it refers to the calculation of net benefit by finding the difference between the benefits and loss while utilizing a common unit of valuation.
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