Howard Margolis’s Dealing with Risk (University of Chicago Press,
£21.95/$27.95, ISBN 0 226 50525 1) tackles a fascinating subject.
Why do experts find some risks negligible, such as those from nuclear waste,
while the public finds them unacceptable—and vice versa, as was the case,
for example, with seat belts? More than that, he looks widely into the ways that
lead both sides to their positions. Margolis’s style is not easy and you will
occasionally have to reread passages or pages. No, change, that, you will often
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