>I don't know very much about accounting, but what I was thinking of is as
>follows: there's a big issue of how "one time charges" are counted in
>reporting earnings. Are they discounted (minimized) the way Enron did and
>other high-flyers do? or are they simply subtracted from current earnings?
A
Thanks! Could you post some specific references for Ravetz and Funtowicz?
I agree with a lot (I think most) of the specifics you raise, but such a
diffuse critique runs the risk of not communicating itself beyond the small
circle of people who go through the whole thing systematically. Is there
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From: "Forstater, Mathew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Once when I was giving a job talk for a position that was a joint
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in economics and environmental studies, after a long day of
individual
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Hi Peter -
I have taken a multi-pronged approach that includes arguments about
valuation problems (criticisms of contingent valuation, travel cost, and
other methods); an alternative view of social costs based on Kapp's work
that includes cumulative causation; critique of "optimality" notions
bas
