Averting Catastrophe by Cass R. Sunstein

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/166197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Averting Catastrophe Author: Cass R. Sunstein Narrator: David Marantz Format: mp3 Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins Release date: 06-15-21 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 7 ratings Genres: Disaster Relief Publisher's Summary: Averting Catastrophe explores how governments ought to make decisions in times of imminent disaster. Cass R. Sunstein argues that using the "maximin rule", which calls for choosing the approach that eliminates the worst of the worst-case scenarios, may be necessary when public officials lack important information and when the worst-case scenario is too disastrous to contemplate. He underscores this argument by emphasizing the reality of "Knightian uncertainty", found in circumstances in which it is not possible to assign probabilities to various outcomes.