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WORST-CASE SCENARIOS W O R S T- C A S E SCENARIOS Cass R. Sunstein HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge,Massachusetts • London,England Copyright©2007bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica FirstHarvardUniversityPresspaperbackedition,2009. ACaravanbook.Formoreinformation,visitwww.caravanbooks.org LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Sunstein,CassR. Worst-casescenarios/CassR.Sunstein p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-674-02510-3(cloth:alk.paper) ISBN978-0-674-03251-4(pbk.) 1.Riskperception. 2.Policysciences. 3.Climaticchanges— Governmentpolicy—UnitedStates. 4.Terrorism—Government policy—UnitedStates. 5.Ozonelayerdepletion—Government policy—UnitedStates. I.Title HM1101.S864 2007 320.60973—dc22 2006052942 ForBillMeadow CONTENTS Introduction 1 1. OfTerrorismandClimateChange 17 2. ATaleofTwoProtocols 71 3. Catastrophe 118 4. Irreversibility 176 5. Money 198 6. TheFuture 244 Conclusion 275 Notes 289 Acknowledgments 329 Index 331 WORST-CASE SCENARIOS

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